Academic Grantsmanship: Critical Thinking and Patronage
Academics excel at analyzing the information arising from research in their chosen fields. Therefore, it would seem obvious that critical thinking is part of academic grantsmanship. Analysis is one of the things academics do best. Yet, many academics are blind to existing relationships, knowledge gaps, or wider impacts of their work. They are blind because …
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 …
What Kind of Proposals Are Research Grants?
Answer: They are giant project grants. What does this have to with non-profit project grants? The scientific research grant has more in common with other types of grant proposals than you might think. Overall, science grants are evidence based collaborative research efforts. Everyone wants a competitive proposal regardless of academic discipline or type of non-profit …