The 10 commandments of grantsmanship
Peter Kennelly, a professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech, recently gave a seminar on grantsmanship. He put together his top-10 takeaways in a biblical format. Aspiring grant writers might want to cut this out and post it prominently.
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