キャリアニュース2019年９月５～11日

The phone rang in my university office. “I'm pleased to tell you that we're funding your grant,” the program officer at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) told me. I was elated. I'd spent years trying to win support for my project on sea anemones—and now I could actually do the work. But hours later, I received another call—also from NSF, responding to an application I had filed 4 months earlier. “We'd like to offer you the job as program director,” said the caller. The choice before me was stark: I could continue on my academic path, or take a leap into a very different career. </br>![][1]</img> ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER > “My job at NSF filled the void I felt in my academic work.” Eighteen years earlier, I'd started my faculty position eager to launch my research exploring symbiotic relationships in marine organisms. But over time, I'd become more interested in mentoring students and serving as a catalyst to help others reach their goals. When I looked back on a