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An important part of all the universities' preparations is getting their research faculty ready for the change.

When it comes to accepting electronic applications, the agency is in no hurry to leave the FastLane.

"It's on-the-ground, in-depth research with a very qualitative component." --Olivia Salcido

"Generally, I find that people are attracted to enthusiasm if it's unfettered and for the right reasons," says Hendrik Poinar, director of McMaster University's Ancient DNA Laboratory.

The roads of Brittany were littered with cyclists who failed to live by this rule; so are the roads of science.

People sometimes overestimate the extent to which the conventional assumptions apply. Often, for example, managers assume they are more qualified than they really are to judge their employees' performance.

I won't be confined by other people's notions of who I am and what I should do. I'm starting to feel free.

For some applicants, just competing for the Pathways award was a valuable experience.

Though it is often--and justifiably--maligned, it is ignorance--and recognizing where it exists--that drives scientists to do groundbreaking science.

“I’d like to be here [longer]. But now my wife and my baby are in Japan, so I have to go back.”

"His lab mantra was, 'It's better to ask forgiveness than permission,' 'If I don't know about it, it doesn't happen,' [and] 'Get it done at all costs, and don't tell me how.' " --Maura Lee Upright