Tag: science research grant

Storytelling With The Scientific Method

Scientists are lucky storytellers.  Lucky, because they have the logic model of the scientific method as a framework for telling science stories.  That framework has the plot, subplots, the characters, and possible outcomes already in place.  Science stories are in every new idea, every new result, every unusual result, and new approaches to old ideas.  …

Professional Development: Past, Present, and Future

Professional development should be a part of any and every career. As a former faculty member, faculty development, whether in teaching or scholarship was  part of that life.  As a scientist,  attending scientific meetings, presenting papers at the same, participating in various topic workshops was a part of not only professional development, but also about …

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 …