How often do you submit? When do you submit versus getting papers or preliminary data out the door? Where do you submit to? Those are some very important questions to answer, that many do not think about often enough.

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How Procrastination Is Linked To Imperfection

Imperfect action in your research career, and especially in your grants, is vital. I used to completely screw this up, trying to take “perfect action” and getting very little of the important

by Morgan Giddings

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Get Your Reviewer “hooked” on your Specific Aims page

Your reviewer makes a snap judgement within a few seconds of opening up your proposal to read. That snap judgement will heavily bias the remainder of your reviewer's interaction with

How Too Much Objectivity Kills Your Grant Chances

Just observe a debate between any two human beings. You'll notice that it doesn't matter how many facts one side marshalls against the other. Just slamming the opponent with facts and data leads to deeper entrenchment. This often happens with grants, too. Here's a post on how to avoid that...

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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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A Grant Submission Strategy: Do you have one?

How Procrastination Is Linked To Imperfection

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How Too Much Objectivity Kills Your Grant Chances

Snoozeville: Is Your Proposal Lulling Your Reviewer to Sleep?