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Episode: Uncharted Academia Part 2: Finding Strategic Clarity
Description: The ground is shifting under research funding, and we’re not waiting around for “normal” to return. In Part 2 of Uncharted Academia, Sarah lays out a practical path for early career investigators to stay steady and keep moving: cultivate resilience, communicate value with precision, and steer every decision using a clear North Star. If you’ve felt the pressure to diversify beyond NIH but weren’t sure how to adapt without losing focus, this conversation gives you a framework that actually holds up under stress.We start by grounding resilience in purpose and self-belief. Then we dig into commu...