Grant Writing - Grant Writing with Morgan Giddings, PhD

September 8, 20170Comments

Snoozeville: Is Your Proposal Lulling Your Reviewer to Sleep?

Trying to get your proposal “right” on the first round of writing? That’s a recipe for failure… Many of the scientists I work with try to approach grant writing as if

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December 6, 20160Comments

How to Avoid The Frame Clash with Your Reviewer

You and your reviewer have very different perspectives. If you don't understand the difference and take great care to ameliorate it, you will have far less chance of success. You'll

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

November 25, 20161Comments

How You’re Destroying Your Grants with “Scarcity” Thinking

I recently tried to buy a kayak, and experienced full-bore what it's like to deal with people who are operating from scarcity. It's a good story for illustrating what often happens to my research clients who are trying to get grant funding, and struggling....

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

November 25, 20160Comments

Relying on Your Reviewers to be “Experts” is Dangerous

I was having a conversation with a client, giving feedback on a proposal. As I often find myself doing, I was encouraging her to simplify the story to reduce the

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

Writing Techniques

November 14, 20160Comments

How to create your ideal grant writing workspace

This is a guest post by Allie Smith-Hobbs. It’s grant writing season. That often mean a very high ratio of Stressing about Grant Writing to Actually Writing That Grant. Many of

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