Funding your Career in Science
From Research Idea to Personal Grant

A practical guide to optimising funding opportunities for establishing or consolidating a successful research career in science.

Ritsert C. Jansen (Author)

9781107040069, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 September 2013

216 pages, 15 b/w illus.
23.3 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm, 0.48 kg

'… offers valuable advice … Recommended.' J. J. Harrison, Choice

Dreaming of a successful future in science? This practical guide for students, postdocs and professors offers a unique step-by-step approach to help you get the funding to start or consolidate your own research career. From preparing and writing effective career grant applications, to understanding how funding agencies will evaluate them, it provides guidance to enhance your skills and combine them with those of others who can support you on the road to success. Learn how to generate great original ideas for your application, strategically prepare and optimise your plan and résumé, develop a convincing title and abstract, convert reviewers' comments to your advantage, and succeed at a selection interview. With numerous valuable tips, real-life stories and novel practical exercises, this must-read guide provides everything you need to optimise your funding opportunities and take responsibility for your own career in science.

Introduction
1. Applicant
2. Agency
3. Proposal
4. Evaluation
5. Support
Epilogue
Further reading
Acknowledgements
Index.

Subject Areas: Technology, engineering, agriculture [T], Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Biology, life sciences [PS], Science funding & policy [PDK], Science: general issues [PD], Mathematics & science [P]