(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelly S. Mix, University of Maryland (THE CONVERSATION) Science funding is a hot ...

Birth of a grant application. To receive research funding, scientists submit grant applications to specific programs. A cancer researcher might apply to the Bioengineering Research Grants program ...

Reviewers read the grant applications and compare them to the RFP. Applications that don’t address all the topics and research priorities listed there are unlikely to be funded.

Scientists and institutions are struggling to navigate new conditions for receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center has lost more than $4.1 million in federal grants as part of Trump administration ...

This initial review for RFP compliance is called “triage” and, believe me, nobody wants to see their hard work triaged out of the running. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Reviewers read the grant applications and compare them to the RFP. Applications that don’t address all the topics and research priorities listed there are unlikely to be funded.

Reviewers read the grant applications and compare them to the RFP. Applications that don’t address all the topics and research priorities listed there are unlikely to be funded.

This initial review for RFP compliance is called “triage” and, believe me, nobody wants to see their hard work triaged out of the running. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

This initial review for RFP compliance is called “triage” and, believe me, nobody wants to see their hard work triaged out of the running. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...