# That Time of the Year - Funding!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-time-of-the-year-funding/767069>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-time-of-the-year-funding/767069 "2016-09-27T20:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-time-of-the-year-funding/767069/1 "2016-09-27T20:02:54Z")

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Well, it is that time of the year. Time to tell the government how awesome of a researcher you are, how important your research will be and ask won’t you please fund me? 🙂

Anybody else doing funding proposals right now? If so, what is your research on, if you don’t mind sharing?

I’ve recently switched to a different university so my research focus has changed. I am now looking at how artificial intelligence algorithms can be used plant physiologists and growers to improve crop yields.

I am still not designing killer robots.

\<from background\>_beep_ Lies all lies. _beep_

Quiet you!