Happy Saturday. If you're working on your NIH specific Aims for a February submission, don't include a figure. https://grants.nih.gov/grants-process/write-application/how-to-apply-application-guide/format-attachments#:~:text=Figures%20should%20be%20included%20in,to%20categorize%20awards%20in%20RePORT.
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Many of the policies you seem to dislike came about for actual reasons, including policy at levels above the NIH, some of which have to do with national security. NIH, your research group, your institution--they all sit in systems.
Dammit.
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