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I am in the final stretch of my PhD program and could use a little help to get me across the finish line.
When I started my PhD, my advisor made it crystal clear that he had no idea where to even begin to look for funding for Cannabis research. You may or may not know, funding for Cannabis research is very difficult to get from the standard funding sources. I have managed to scrape together small grants and awards over the past three years to get done what I set out to do. I have also thrown some of my own money into the research pot (ha!) and my advisor has generously gifted access to his lab and supplies.
My research is not about the effects of Cannabis, but rather the plant itself, specifically genetic relationships and variation and how those relate to phenotypic characteristics in the different varieties and usage groups. My research questions aim to to help consumers and medical consumers understand their products, as well as to assist growers and suppliers understand where the variation in plants might originate, and how to minimize variation in their products. I feel like this is really important for a rapidly growing industry surrounding a plant for which research has been severely limited, due mostly to prohibition. Now that worldwide regulations are relaxing, we can finally get some much needed research done.
My first publication from this research, Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of strain reliability in Cannabis sativa: Implications for a budding industry, has been peer reviewed and accepted in the first edition of the Journal of Cannabis Research. The publication fees were graciously waived by the Institute of Cannabis Research as I presented this research at the inaugural conference in 2017. I have at least two more publications to submit for peer review, so the work is getting done, the science is happening, and the questions are being answered.
Up until this point I have managed to find the money for my research, but now I need to raise money to publish some groundbreaking research (believe it or not, journals charge us thousands of dollars to get our research out to you), as well as to help me get to the Institute of Cannabis Research Conference this year. The journal I am looking to submit to charges $1,790, and the conference has a $300 registration fee.
I feel like there are many people who are interested in this research and it will be useful for everyone, so I hope you are moved to donate a few dollars in my research. Thank you so much for reading about and investing in me!
When I started my PhD, my advisor made it crystal clear that he had no idea where to even begin to look for funding for Cannabis research. You may or may not know, funding for Cannabis research is very difficult to get from the standard funding sources. I have managed to scrape together small grants and awards over the past three years to get done what I set out to do. I have also thrown some of my own money into the research pot (ha!) and my advisor has generously gifted access to his lab and supplies.
My research is not about the effects of Cannabis, but rather the plant itself, specifically genetic relationships and variation and how those relate to phenotypic characteristics in the different varieties and usage groups. My research questions aim to to help consumers and medical consumers understand their products, as well as to assist growers and suppliers understand where the variation in plants might originate, and how to minimize variation in their products. I feel like this is really important for a rapidly growing industry surrounding a plant for which research has been severely limited, due mostly to prohibition. Now that worldwide regulations are relaxing, we can finally get some much needed research done.
My first publication from this research, Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of strain reliability in Cannabis sativa: Implications for a budding industry, has been peer reviewed and accepted in the first edition of the Journal of Cannabis Research. The publication fees were graciously waived by the Institute of Cannabis Research as I presented this research at the inaugural conference in 2017. I have at least two more publications to submit for peer review, so the work is getting done, the science is happening, and the questions are being answered.
Up until this point I have managed to find the money for my research, but now I need to raise money to publish some groundbreaking research (believe it or not, journals charge us thousands of dollars to get our research out to you), as well as to help me get to the Institute of Cannabis Research Conference this year. The journal I am looking to submit to charges $1,790, and the conference has a $300 registration fee.
I feel like there are many people who are interested in this research and it will be useful for everyone, so I hope you are moved to donate a few dollars in my research. Thank you so much for reading about and investing in me!