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The “I somehow convinced someone to part with a lot of money for science” badge (LEVEL III).

A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $10,000,000 (SN).

career, funding

The “I somehow convinced someone to part with a lot of money for science” badge (LEVEL II).

A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $1,000,000 (SN).

career, funding

The “I somehow convinced someone to part with a lot of money for science” badge (LEVEL I).

A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $100,000 (SN).

career, funding

The “world’s foremost expert on an obscure subject” badge.

In which the recipient is the leading expert in a fieldthat few others share an interest in. (MH)

career, general

The “somewhat confused as to what scientific field I actually belong to” badge

Also known as the transdiscplinary, interdiscplinary, multidisciplinary, or intradisciplinary badge. (D)

career

The “I’m a scientist who is fundamentally opposed to administrative duties” badge.

Presumably a badge with a scientific consensus even stronger than that seen in the climate change arena.

career, general

The “I’ve done science with no conceivable practical application” badge.

There are probably more who are deserving of this badge than you would expect. (BZ)

career, special skills

The “will gladly kick sexual harasser’s ass” badge.

(And we mean “ass” in the most holistic of ways). In which the recipient stands up to such miscreants in the work place. Places of science should know better. (SF)

career, special skills

The “I left the physical or life sciences to pursue humanistic studies of the sciences” badge.

In which the recipient is now probably having a lot more fun than he/she did before. (JS)

career, humanities
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