Tag: nonprofit

Telling Science Stories in Research Grants: Lessons from the Nonprofits

Nonprofit stories are about meeting a need.  Scientific or research stories ask a question. Nonprofits use storytelling in grant proposals, marketing materials, annual campaigns, appeals, and other promotional documents.  They do this so well that storytelling recently became a major theme of grant writing training opportunities.  Similarities exist between the nonprofit world and the research …

The Honorarium: A Compensation Compromise for Grant Writers

What is an honorarium? An honorarium is a payment that says “thank you” to someone for providing a small service.  A price or fee is not really set for the service rendered. Honoraria are income and taxable. Who receives an honorarium? Honoraria are very common in the academic community, especially in the sciences.  Individual faculty …

Research Grants and Operating Costs:

The Mystery Revealed In the business world, operating expenses cover just about everything required to run a business.  There are plenty of websites with examples of operating expenses out there in cyberspace.  Some types of operating expenses are general ones, but others are exclusively administrative.   These distinctions can get murky in a college or university …