Diversifying Your Research Funding Portfolio: A Strategy to Increase Resilience

Sheila Cherry, PhDcareer success, grant funding, research success, strategic vision, time managementLeave a Comment

If you are performing grant-funded research within the US, you’ve likely experienced a number of highs and lows related to federal research funding trends. Many federal grant programs fall under Congressional budget appropriations and thus are subject to delays, uncertainty, and yes, even cuts depending on when a new budget law is passed and what funds are set aside for … Read More

The secret to effective communication: Concepts to help your grant proposals, papers, and more

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Whether you’re writing a grant proposal or technical manuscript, giving a research talk, or having a conversation with a senior or junior colleague, you probably want to be understood. You might also want the other party(ies) to agree with your perspective, or to take action based on what you share. No matter the desired outcome, there is one key to … Read More

Averting an Energy Crisis

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The laws of thermodynamics describe the behaviors of energy in systems. Famously, the 1st law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; energy can only change forms. This change in form is more specifically captured in the 2nd law of thermodynamics, which in part indicates that every energy transfer will result in some amount of energy becoming less useful … Read More