Why is the proposal alone not sufficient for grant success? Building research fundability through collaborative research networking

Yousoubova, Larissa; McAlpine, Lynn

doi:10.1080/14703297.2021.1997784

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“…However, focusing on just linguistic issues neglects the fact that "developing an argument is the overarching requirement" [41] of academic writing. Our research has demonstrated that the sociocultural and rhetorical landscape of the genre of a grant proposal is also about the evaluation criteria which comprise rather diverse factors: from research skills and intellectual merit to style and textual features [24] and ability to work in a team [42].…”

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The Genre of a Grant Proposal in the Modern Teaching Context: Challenges and Possibilities

Alenkina

2023

Vysš. obraz. Ross. (Print)

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Nowadays attaining a grant is a criterion of success for an early-career researcher and an important indicator of effective work of a university as a research-based and corporate institution. During its thirty-year history in Russia, grants have become a traditional and even routine practice for every Russian PhD student and an early-career researcher. Like their international colleagues, Russian researchers often don’t get sufficient support from their scientific advisor and an academic writing expert. A few attempts to improve current situation have been made in a number of research universities. One of such cases is a course “Grant Writing” that has been recently implemented in the English-language writing-intensive program of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The complex aim or the paper can be explained by the multidimensional nature of a grant. After characterizing a grant proposal as an up-to-date text genre in the international and interdisciplinary context in the framework of Genre Field Analysis, we consider the full process of applying for a grant in real-life environment and classroom settings. Finally, in the lens of Critical Genre Analysis, the qualitative analysis of the introductory sections of Russian grant proposals is conducted. The modern genre theory gives the basis for using a combination of methods in our research. In the lens of Genre Field Analysis, the sociopragmatic approach to the grant proposal provides an opportunity to get acquainted with the modern practices of applying for a grant, while Critical Genre Analysis may contribute to the deeper understanding of the text production mechanisms. The synthesis of theory and practice and its role could be seen in the qualitative analysis of grant proposals written by PhD students, attendees of the course “Grant Writing” at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The findings give evidence for insufficient disciplinary expertise and substitution of one genre – a grant proposal – by another one, more familiar for Russian students, – a research paper and an abstract. The obtained results testify in favor of the implementation of the course “Grant Writing” as well as other genre-based courses deeply rooted in the cross-disciplinary context and aimed at developing the researcher competence.

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The Genre of a Grant Proposal in the Modern Teaching Context: Challenges and Possibilities

Alenkina

2023

Vysš. obraz. Ross. (Print)

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Benefits and Challenges of Decentralization in Education for Resource Optimization and Improved Performance

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Sinha,

Verma

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Decentralized Systems and Distributed Computing

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Challenges and development pathways for the expert examination of grants

Bubnova¹

2022

Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Series: Economics and

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Introduction. Organisational and methodological aspects of the examination of applications submitted for grants provided by Russian scientific foundations. Purpose. To determine the role of artificial intelligence in the system for the selection of grant applications. To study methods of project analysis currently used by experts and to develop an innovative algorithm for the verification of applications. Methods. The study used data from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the National Audit Office, information provided by Russian scientific foundations (Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Russian Science Foundation), and other data related to the regulation of grant funding. The methods of the investigation included analysis, observation, generalisation, comparison, grouping, etc. Results. A critical analysis of the multicomponent structure of the application procedure was carried out. Methods for the expert support of projects were identified. A conceptual model of a hybrid method for assessing grant applications was developed. The completeness and versatility requirements to the inspected projects were determined. Conclusions. The hypothesis was confirmed that it is necessary to apply an innovative approach to expert examinations, which ensures the effectiveness of controlling applications at various stages of their life cycle.

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Why is the proposal alone not sufficient for grant success? Building research fundability through collaborative research networking

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

The Genre of a Grant Proposal in the Modern Teaching Context: Challenges and Possibilities

The Genre of a Grant Proposal in the Modern Teaching Context: Challenges and Possibilities

Benefits and Challenges of Decentralization in Education for Resource Optimization and Improved Performance

Challenges and development pathways for the expert examination of grants

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