Most grant writers are familiar with that infamous character — the Grant Writing Grim Reaper. He lurks around every corner, ready to deliver yet another rejection. The worst part is
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.
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