One is Better than Zero

We were happy (OK, big understatement) to find out our last grant submission, while not funded, was "specialed" - meaning it got one year of funding under the R56 mechanism to allow us to continue to work to generate data and make progress for our next resubmission. Whew... It also allows us to stay in business and keep the wolves at bay a while longer... we are always hoping the funding situation at the national agencies will take a turn for the better and that all of us in this business have an easier go of things... well, we can hope, can't we?!?!?!?