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 ...

Landing a grant is essential for many faculty members—grants support their work and likely signal to their superiors that this is a faculty member to nurture. But securing a grant may be difficult for ...

As a nonprofit leader, sometimes you may find a grant and get excited about the prospect of bringing new funding into your nonprofit organization. You get the team together and start brainstorming ...

Chemist David Sanabria-Ríos was no stranger to receiving the cold shoulder from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Several times, he had applied for funding for his research on synthesizing ...

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From the Dean's Desk welcomes guest author Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD, Dornsife Endowed Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Research Epidemiology and Biostatistics I would like to take a ...

Conduct a personality and skills inventory on yourself to decide whether you are suited to be a grant writing consultant. To be a successful, you need specific talents that enable you to deal with the ...