What the hell is a grant?

Honestly, this whole grant assignment is pretty overwhelming.
BUT - I'm extremely excited about the experience and the potential to run around the world and discover amazing things, mentally and physically, with money that someone else is slapping in my hand. I've never done anything like this before and I haven't even worked very hard through my college education to apply for scholarships. I think that part of it is my tendency to procrastinate with things that I don't see as an immediate necessity at a given time. This is why I am actually quite pleased with this assignment; it will FORCE me to step out of my comfort bubble and learn a valuable skill that I can use throughout my life.

I have already begun looking at www.cos.com for ideas to help my brain truck along. (See previous post for links) What I would really love to do is produce something that I can discuss and talk about on a resume/interview for medical school in my future. I'm looking at the influence of media on the public's concepts of medicine and how it works. That's all for now - more to come.