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 …
A Timeline for Grant Writing:
Humor and Truth from the Research Lab As a grant writer, did you ever want to know what it is like to write a federal research grant? Well, this flowchart from a biochemist really shows that crazy process with humor and truth. I lived this as a faculty member and laboratory researcher. This timeline and …
Grant Budgets: Budget Before Story
A grant budget and its justification are the other side of the grant writing process. Grant consultants are not necessarily responsible for developing proposal budgets, but if that task falls to the consultant, here’s a lesson from the research lab: Do the budget first!