送交者: dafeng 于 2006-6-22, 15:16:36:
回答: Assist Profs could be PIs with some grants, but 由 blackbox 于 2006-6-22, 14:38:47:
Finding money to sustain a research team is critical to get tenure. Of course some people fail to secure fundings and have to leave.
Collaborating with senior people is a smart way to survive, but if an assist. prof. is not independent as you said, he/she is not supposed to get tenure.