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 ...

Grant writing is all about power. We write grants because they bring us prestige, programs, equipment, travel, and time. Grants free us to do the kind of research, teaching, and service that we enjoy ...

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 ...

For ten years, I have been teaching grant writing workshops in Indiana. In that time, I have met very few people who actually set out to become grant writers. It is just not something that little ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...