Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art of obtaining grants-in-aid.
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- noun The art of obtaining
grants-in-aid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The office for faculty development at the University of Pennsylvania also offers conferences, workshops and e-based learning courses on subjects such as grantsmanship, writing for scientific journals, time management and others.
Center for Fetal Research & the Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Fellowship 2010
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There are some points to take away from Smigrodzki's defensiveness and his admission that "grantsmanship" is involved:
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There are some points to take away from Smigrodzki's defensiveness and his admission that "grantsmanship" is involved:
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This could in turn renew Canadian excellence and innovation and allow scholars to focus on research, not grantsmanship.
Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D: The Innovation Gap in Canadian Academic Research Ph.D Johannes Wheeldon 2011
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This could in turn renew Canadian excellence and innovation and allow scholars to focus on research, not grantsmanship.
Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D: The Innovation Gap in Canadian Academic Research Ph.D Johannes Wheeldon 2011
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This could in turn renew Canadian excellence and innovation and allow scholars to focus on research, not grantsmanship.
Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D: The Innovation Gap in Canadian Academic Research Ph.D Johannes Wheeldon 2011
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This could in turn renew Canadian excellence and innovation and allow scholars to focus on research, not grantsmanship.
Johannes Wheeldon, Ph.D: The Innovation Gap in Canadian Academic Research Ph.D Johannes Wheeldon 2011
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In fact, there is an entire industry called “grantsmanship” built around it.
Broke Glenn Beck 2010
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Open the possibility of the postdoc getting experience with grantsmanship in helping to obtain funding for Project B in the next year or two.
Assigning a project to a new postdoc Professor in Training 2009
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From the scientific side, it brings to the table an understanding of statistics, familiarity with the workings of peer review and grantsmanship, familiarity with scientific custom and practice, understanding of the role of checking data and claims, familiarity with software engineering practices, and an understanding of how a single inconsistency can invalidate a scientific theory.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Monbiot on CRU E-mail Leak 2009
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