We're going to have to postpone or cancel the fieldwork. Last Friday was supposed to be do-or-die day but there was no news about the funding before the weekend. This morning we learned that the grant application is still in the works, meaning that nothing will happen by September 5, as had been planned. I'm desperately hoping that it's just a postponement, but based on my most recent conversation with folks at the KIRC, it sounds like October can't happen, and November is a huge question mark. Delaying any longer than that won't work for me because I need to start analyzing the data and getting my thesis written up and handed in by June. Now I face the possibility that my entire Master's project has just collapsed, and that this important research on the island will not likely happen in the near future.
I keep hoping for some sort of angel donor, but... who's got $10,000 to part with?
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