This index provides links to Anne Sasso's articles in the Audacity in Science series appearing in Science Careers.
Audacity, Part 1. What do paradigm-shifting scientists have in common?
Audacity, Part 2: A Blueprint for Audacious Science. To do breakthrough science, you need passion, a supportive institution and mentor, and a suitable problem.
Audacity, Part 3: Funding Audacious Science. What are the best strategies for funding high-risk, high-reward research?
Audacity, Part 4: Taking Liberties with Research Grants?. Should you propose safe research and then use the money for riskier work?
Audacity, Part 5: Rejection and Ridicule. The deeper your idea cuts into the heart of a field, the more your peers are likely to challenge you.
The author of this series, Anne Sasso, is a freelance writer and may be reached at amsasso at nasw dot org.
A commentary on the series:
Perspective: Audacity is Overrated, by Eleftherios P. Diamandis, 19 February 2010
A related Perspective:
Questing for Blue Oceans, by Javier Garcia-Martinez, 10 February 2012
