SequenceME genetic study - from Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the University of Edinburgh and Action for ME
Kitty
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Often there's a delay even if funding is agreed between the parties. Details need to be finalised, agreements signed—just getting two signatures on a sheet of A4 can take a fortnight, and longer if it has to go to a board.
There's also the PR side. The message has to be put together and agreed by both sides, and the timing of announcements within the news cycle might need to be considered.
I once got the nod on a grant nearly three months before it could be announced. Everyone in the loop knew, preparatory work was well underway, we just couldn't tell anyone. All the grants in the programme had to be announced at the same time, and ours was one of the first to go through committee and get approval.
That's an unnecessary long winded way of saying it's not always simple...
There's also the PR side. The message has to be put together and agreed by both sides, and the timing of announcements within the news cycle might need to be considered.
I once got the nod on a grant nearly three months before it could be announced. Everyone in the loop knew, preparatory work was well underway, we just couldn't tell anyone. All the grants in the programme had to be announced at the same time, and ours was one of the first to go through committee and get approval.
That's an unnecessary long winded way of saying it's not always simple...