Tag: science

Some Thoughts About Academic and Scientific Grants

Grant consulting is hard work.  I am fortunate to belong to the Grant Professionals Association.  It is a great group and I’ve found some great colleagues.  Scientist members are pretty rare within the organization, but there are large higher education and health care special interest groups.  Once I got more involved with the local chapter …

Science Storytelling: Beginning a Story

Opening sentences matter. Today is DNA day. Sixty-one years ago a letter to Nature began, We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest.” As opening sentences go, these two sentences are not as memorable as the examples below …

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 …