Dave,
I think your question is a great one. There are many ways to go about
finding a good lab for a sabbatical. If you are interested in working
with
someone you haven't met before, it seems to me that it would be fine to
send them an e-mail with a copy of your cv attached. I think it would be
important to be clear about what you wanted to learn, but also to be
flexible and indicate that you hope you can make a contribution to the
lab
as well. You might be able to extend your sabbatical over a summer by
having the PI request an ROA supplement to an NSF award if he or she was
a
current NSF awardee. There are is also sabbatical funding through USDA
that
might help extend a sabbatical.
Good luck with your sabbatical and enjoy!
Susan
--On Monday, June 9, 2003 12:24 PM +0100 "Robinson, Dr. David"
<drobinson at bellarmine.edu> wrote:
>>>> Here's a crazy question.....its about sabbaticals.
>> My college just started offering faculty sabbaticals, so no one here
> really has an experienced answer. So how DOES one go about identifying a
> host lab to work in for a 6-month to year sabbatical?
>> Is it proper "etiquette" to just email or telephone someone whose
> research you admire and ask them to take you in (even though they don't
> really know you)? Of course, I would have my own salary, and of course
> I would visit the lab afterwards to make sure its a good "match" and
> all, before I moved in...
>> Or is it standard practice to only make such a request of a colleague
> that you have a long-standing relationship with (someone you have met at
> past annual meetings, for instance)?
>> Thanks for any advice............. Dave Robinson
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Susan R. Singer Phone: 507-646-4391
Department of Biology Fax: 507-646-5757
Carleton College e-mail: ssinger at carleton.edu
Northfield, MN 55057
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