Inside Higher Ed: Ground Breaking Science Unfunded

According to the article “Risky Business” by Jack Stripling in Inside Higher Ed:
Some of history’s major scientific and technological breakthroughs started as research projects with little promise of bearing fruit, but funding for “high risk, high reward” research has always been difficult to secure. In an economic downturn, finding money for these projects is likely [...]

Chronicle: How to Write an Outreach Grant Proposal

In an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Karen M. Markin (director of research development at the University of Rhode Island’s research office) offers guidance on writing a successful outreach grant application:

Identify the problem or need;
define general goals and specific objectives;
provide a road map for how the objectives will be achieved;
explain how will you [...]

Interpreting New NIH Review Scores

Grant applicants my be confused about the meaning of the National Institutes of Health grant review scoring system. The NIH Office of Extramural Research now offers Help Interpreting the New Review Scores.

Chronicle: How Your Grant Proposal Compares

David A. Stone (director of the Office of Sponsored Projects at Northern Illinois University), writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, in an article entitled “How Your Grant Proposal Compares,” suggests that “positioning” as much as “a good idea” distinguishes the successful grant application: “Sure, good ideas are an essential ingredient of any external grant [...]

To Write Grant Apps, Read Grant Apps

One of the best ways of learning how to write successful grant applications is to volunteer for opportunities to serve as a grant application reviewer.
In some instances, this strategy may be easier said than done, but the energetic grant writer will actively seek out grant reviewing activities.
NIH grants are perhaps the most selective (both in [...]