Grant Writing - Grant Writing with Morgan Giddings, PhD

November 20, 20095Comments

Dealing with the rejection letter, Part I

That’s the one “nice” thing about grant rejections from NIH or NSF: they almost always contain at least two reviews. From those, you may get at least some idea of where the reviewers were coming from, in order to figure out how to fix the problems (or whether to start over).

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

November 17, 20095Comments

NIH Grant Writing Tips #2

While the “big leaps” (nobel prize winning type stuff) are what we usually hear about in the media, it is the “overcoming little hurdles” that comprises the vast majority of what working scientists actually do.

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Grant Writing

November 6, 200936Comments

NIH Grant Writing Tips – #1

That grant was submitted, and on its first round of submission, it got a score around 5th percentile. My colleague helped me turn my grant proposal from junk into a more than fundable proposal - simply by looking at my specific aims, and nothing else.

by Morgan Giddings

Communication

Writing Techniques

October 23, 20092Comments

Conveying the value of your science

nobody is going to tout your work for you, you have to do it yourself, and it is a critical part of any type of communication you produce as a scientist.

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

October 18, 20093Comments

Grants lacking emotion

I had a fun evening reviewing some grant proposals for graduate students taking a grant writing class. None of the proposals got me excited. I'm sure this was because the

by Morgan Giddings

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