Winning Grants 1st Sean Ekins by Sean Ekins 9783031275159, 3031275152 instant download after payment.

It is almost inevitable that as an academic or a small business owner, you will need to write grants at some point in your career. Writing them though is not enough, what you also need to know is how to win grants. While there has been much that has been written about writing grants, the mysterious special ability called ‘grantsmanship’ or perhaps more correctly ‘grantspersonship’, it occurred to me that there is a need to come at this differently and spill the beans.
The difficulty in winning a major grant, in particular a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant like an R01, in the USA is often described, it is increasingly competitive and seemingly gets tougher every year. But there are other types of grants that are worth trying for which may have an increased probability of funding. Your proposal must also stand out, it must connect with the reviewers in a positive way and make an impression. This is certainly true for all types of grants, always give the reviewer what they want or are looking for to maximise your score. But also, you may need to connect to the program officer, the committee that ultimately makes funding decisions and you must take care of a myriad of other details outside of the main event which is describing the ‘science’. In some cases, you may also need to literally negotiate to get your grant over the line and funded. Thinking of it as a battle may not be too far away as a comparator as there is elements of strategy that come in. This means you absolutely cannot solely rely on just outwriting the competition. It is more than that as you have to out-think, out-strategise and out-schmoose them as well.