From time to time, everyone hits a creativity dry patch. Everyone procrastinates. Whatever the reason, it is hard to get started. It is hard to stay motivated at all times. And indeed,…
4 Things I Learnt During The Lockdown About Grant Writing
December 7, 2020
December 7, 2020
Natalio Krasnogor
By: Natalio Krasnogor
Design-Build-Test, Failure, One Idea, Reviews, Success
Failure, One Idea, resilience, Success, UKRI
To say that 2020 was a challenging year would be the mother of all understatements. Thankfully, it is almost over and surely 2021 won’t be worse. But 2020 was good…
What I Learnt From The Last Reviews and Panels I did
February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020
Natalio Krasnogor
By: Natalio Krasnogor
General, Impact, Panels, Pathos, Planning, Reviews, Rhetoric, Success
In the last six months or so I had the opportunity to review several proposals for different funding bodies as well as to participate in a couple of panels. The…
The End Of The Pathway, The Begining Of The Road
January 30, 2020
January 30, 2020
Natalio Krasnogor
By: Natalio Krasnogor
Impact, Pathos, Success
Ethos, Impact, UKRI
On the 27/january/2020 UK Research And Innovation announced that the requirement to write a separate document describing “Pathways to Impact” has been dropped and that, starting in March 2020, new grant applications…
In my previous post, “The Surest Way to Fail”, I gave a post-Morten for two unsuccessful grants I participated on. I drew some lessons, mentioned two simple mitigations steps for avoiding…
The Surest Way To Fail
October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019
Natalio Krasnogor
By: Natalio Krasnogor
Failure, Grant Hackers End Game Checklist, Nudge, Planning, Procrastination, Success
Checklist, Failure, Planning, Procrastination, Success
I recently failed on a grant application attempt. My team and our collaborators worked very hard on that application, which was -actually- itself a resubmission of a previously unsuccessful one.…