Category: Sponsored Projects

  • How to Contact Program Officers

    How to Contact Program Officers

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    The role of a Program Officer (or Program Manager or Technical Point of Contact, depending on the sponsor) varies a lot between sponsors. For example, while it is extremely difficult to get Department of Defense funding without talking to the…

  • Nine Questions to A Focused Proposal

    Nine Questions to A Focused Proposal

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    On more than one occasion, I have discussed how important it is to address the “who, what, when, where, and why” of your research project when writing a proposal. One way of addressing those issues in a very systematic manner…

  • Outreach: Bringing Order to the List

    Outreach: Bringing Order to the List

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    I suspect this conversation happens regularly: Grant proposal writer: I am writing a grant and I have to write an outreach section. Any tips on what I should put in? Writer’s colleague: You do a ton with the camps and…

  • The Importance of Simple Writing

    The Importance of Simple Writing

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    I had one of my favorite conversations recently. A faculty member walked up to me and said he had recently landed a grant from a new (to him) sponsor, in part, he believed because he had worked so hard on…

  • The Importance of Logistics

    The Importance of Logistics

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    On the advice of several good friends, I started The Flash, a show about the DC Comics superhero by that name. My friends were right; it is a fun show. But, I want to reflect on one thing about the…

  • Limited Submissions Due this Summer

    Limited Submissions Due this Summer

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    Below are some of the limited submissions with internal deadlines in late May into early August. To be considered for these opportunities, please send a letter of intent (LOI) to Beth Keithly by the internal deadline. The LOI for any internal…

  • Writing for Reviewers

    Writing for Reviewers

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    Grant proposal writing can be an intimating undertaking. You take a piece of your life’s work, attach a price tag to it, and send it to strangers to judge. But thinking about it that way negates the fact that you…