$55 000 to study social networking online

Posted on | September 19, 2007 | 9 Comments

I’ve been keeping a big secret and now I’m finally able to spread the news. Last night my online intimacy project was given a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award! You can read all about the study here, but if you are a regular reader you’ll already know that this is the spin-off project from my ARC postdoc, and that it’s headed towards a co-authored book with Catherine Driscoll of the University of Sydney.

The extra money means I’ll actually have enough funds to do what I proposed to do in the APD application – that is, hire someone to help me with the interview side of things, and get the interviews transcribed professionally while I get on with other writing and reading. This is going to make a big difference to my current workload, so I’m very happy. Yay!

Below is a pic of me trying to kiss my award, sports lady style, but it was a bit dangerous to get too close:

The catch for getting the award and lots of champagne and turkey sandwiches last night is that tomorrow night I have to give an after dinner talk to the university’s industry “friends”. If only the trophy came with a wardrobe budget…

Category: Events, Out in Vegas, Research, Web studies

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9 Responses to “$55 000 to study social networking online”

  1. Jason Wilson
    September 19th, 2007 @ 2:14 pm

    Let me be the first to say YOU ROCK MEL!

  2. Tama
    September 19th, 2007 @ 2:38 pm

    Nifty! :) Congratualtions!

  3. Nick Caldwell
    September 19th, 2007 @ 5:02 pm

    Yay!

  4. Greg
    September 19th, 2007 @ 8:26 pm

    Hmmm… surely there is something ironic or just plain silly to say about a grant for social networking and a photo of the recipient of said-grant in front of a door marked ‘private entrance’ … but I will leave that to Glen to figure out … Lovely for you Mel, very happy news!

  5. jean
    September 20th, 2007 @ 12:22 am

    Congrats! Now I get why you were saying on Facebook that you were excellent. And you totally are. I love that photo btw.

  6. jean
    September 20th, 2007 @ 12:24 am

    PS Is that your lounge suit?

  7. melgregg
    September 20th, 2007 @ 9:58 am

    Yes Jean! And I need another one for tonight, eeeek

  8. Catri
    September 21st, 2007 @ 3:45 am

    Extravagantly she cries, ‘Braavvo, ma belle!’

    Yet further well-deserved recognition of the prescience of your inquiries and your general fabulousness.

    Mwah mwah mwah!

    (How’s that for online intimacy?)

  9. M-H
    September 21st, 2007 @ 7:07 am

    Great photo. And congratulations.

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