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Today I received the following request to review a grant application from #Swiss National #Science #Foundation :

"In this context, we would like to ask if you would be willing to support us by reviewing a recently submitted grant application. We know that this request places an additional burden on your busy schedule, but your expertise in this field would be instrumental in maintaining the highest possible standards of #research in #Switzerland. Thus we hope very much that you might agree to helping us with this task."

So, they ask me to review a pretty long (they always are) grant application by the end of December... for free, to help and support them. So, according to them, I should change my plans for the next 3 weeks, which indeed are very busy, to work for free for Switzerland. My job is to do research, and not to support the grant application from another country.

@academicchatter #academicchatter