It’s hard to gain control over your career as a scholar. The job market has been bleak and uneven for years. Promotion and tenure criteria are often nebulous. But there’s one clear way to gain control ...

Writing grant proposals, one of the most common fundraising activities, has become increasingly complex. Grant writers have to navigate an ever-shifting archipelago of funders and funding philosophies ...

Writing a research proposal is a time-consuming but priceless opportunity to develop research ideas, build critical-thinking skills and develop communications strategies — not to mention obtaining ...

As a reviewer of 6,000 grant proposals, I have seen far too many that miss the mark and, unfortunately, are set aside. It’s a shame because these funding opportunities represent a lifeline for many ...

Courtney Peña investigates and provides training on research development best practices at the Biosciences Grant Writing Academy at Stanford University in California. Amber R. Moore creates resources, ...

This widely acclaimed seminar comprehensively addresses both practical and conceptual aspects of writing competitive grant proposals. Emphasis is given to such things as idea development, ...

Grants are the lifeblood of many organizations. But procuring them often turns out to be a time-consuming, labor-intensive process. Writing a proposal can take hundreds of hours, require the services ...

I’ve spent a lot of time lately observing the shortcomings of campus grants-office websites. As a director of one such office myself for a dozen years, I am overseeing an overhaul of our own website.