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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Do you want help planning your summer?
Although this website is new, I’ve been in business helping researchers achieve their research goals for 4 years now. Every year, I spend most of May travelling to universities to give presentations about Research Grant Success and Managing Your Research … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, Professional service
Tagged grants, SSHRC, time management, workload, writing
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Tests, lotteries, and contests
The approach you take to applying for research funding seems to depend, at least in part, on how you understand the granting process. My own approach to research planning, including applying for grants, is grounded in my own view of … Continue reading
How Professors Think
I have been awaiting Michèle Lamont’s book, How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment, for a long time. Her study of peer review in multi-disciplinary humanities and social science grant competitions in the US first came to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Funding
Tagged excellence, grants, humanities, originality, peer review, social sciences
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It’s that time of year: SSHRC Standard Research Grant decisions are out
It’s that time of year… an occasional series of posts addressing issues that come up at particular points in the academic year. Grant deadlines. Beginning of term. End of term. Starting new jobs. I’ll address seasonal topics, with advice to … Continue reading
The politics of research funding
The January 2009 Canadian Federal budget announcement has more than a few people up in arms. Core budgets for the three granting councils were cut based on a review of their processes. New funding is primarily for infrastructure and graduate … Continue reading