Tag: research

Academic Grantsmanship: Writing, Acadecmic Writing, and Story

Academics are professional writers. We write all the time. We write books and scholarly articles about our research interests. We write a variety of proposals (grant, book, curriculum etc.). We write teaching materials for our classes. We write internal reports as a service to the university. We write reviews of our colleague’s work. Sometimes we …

The Program Officer: The Federal Research Version

Are federal research agency program officers different from those serving foundations? As a principal investigator, a program officer is another research resource, but it is on you to use that resource widely.  Jo Miller of JM Grants does an excellent job explaining the grant seekers role to that of a foundation’s program officer in Program …

Science, Research, the Sequester, and History

A Few Rambling Thoughts The scientific community was very vocal about the sequester if activities of my Twitter feed and hashtag searches are any indication.  This blog gives a solid and concise summary of the expected cuts.  What does this mean for scientific research?  The short answer is fewer grants to fewer investigators.  New investigators …