April 2025, Monthly Goals

monthly goals
Author

Kathleen Durkin

Published

April 2, 2025

April Goals

  • Wrap up E5 deep dive tasks

  • complete draft for E5 deep dive paper

  • Complete a workable EPIMAR presentation

  • Complete MS thesis proposal

  • Set another committee meeting to review progress, summer plans, send proposal draft, etc.

  • Plan for SIFP summer fellowship

    • Set dates

    • Figure out where research funding will be coming from (Andrea? Steven? both?), what the $ amount needed will be, etc.

    • Set timeline (due dates for sample select, QCing, prep, sequencing, data analysis, etc.)

    • Figure out where sequencing will be done (does LAB have own Promethion or does it need to be out-of-house?) and what approximate cost will be

    • Complete Smithsonian onboarding (security check, getting set up for ID, etc.)

    • Look into housing (may need to wait till May for better availability)

    • Figure out how SIFP living stipend will merge with SAFS funding/insurance

  • Reminder: Submit RA reporting form at end of month (can enter “NSF” in the Funding Source section)