writing - Grant Writing with Morgan Giddings, PhD

Ever wonder how to juggle it all? Do you ever feel desperate and frustrated that you cannot get it all done? Morgan can relate. Earlier in the day before taping this episode, she was feeling exactly that way, asking herself: how can I get it all done? What am I going to do? Then she (re)discovered one simple fix that puts it all in perspective and made everything seem ok again…. watch today's episode to find out what that is.

Writing grants isn’t about having a hypothesis, it’s about psychology – MetaMorgan TV

Morgan recently heard from someone that a good grant proposal must start with "In this proposal we " and it must be followed by a hypothesis that will be tested. Morgan delves into this issue, and mentions an upcoming series on grant writing that you won't want to miss.

Aiming for “perfection” in a science career, and the iPod as a metaphor – MetaMorgan TV

Scientists can be perfectionistic lot (or at least they start out that way before it is beaten out of them). This tendency results in career angst because it gets people into a mode where the perfect is the enemy of the very good. Papers will sit incomplete and unfinished, grant proposals will remain unwritten, and careers will remain stagnant. Morgan proposes an antidote by thinking about the evolution of the iPod.

Dead serious grant proposals = not how to write a grant – Meta Morgan TV

You sit down with palms sweaty against the keyboard, ready to write your next grant proposal to get your Big Idea (™) funded. You are dead serious and you let your reviewers know it, as you spew forth a stream of endless facts and figures about the wonderful work you do and will do. This is how to write a grant, right? You know that your proposal is very impressive, and therefore agencies like the NIH, NSF, and DOE will clamor to fund it, right? Morgan shatters your illusions in this episode of Meta Morgan TV.

Proud or Paid?

Science is a creative product - just like books and CDs. While one can't go about writing "late night infomercial" style headlines for manuscripts or grant proposals (I'm sure that would backfire), it is essential to pay attention to how the work is being "marketed". (aside: most science work is not marketed at all - that's why most articles get buried in the trashbin of history so rapidly).

by Morgan Giddings

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Un throttling your science career with a few simple tricks – MetaMorgan TV

Writing grants isn’t about having a hypothesis, it’s about psychology – MetaMorgan TV

Aiming for “perfection” in a science career, and the iPod as a metaphor – MetaMorgan TV

Dead serious grant proposals = not how to write a grant – Meta Morgan TV

Proud or Paid?