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Funding your Career in Science
Developing a Talent for Science
From Research Idea to Personal Grant
Ritsert C. Jansen
Ritsert C. Jansen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
How can you make the most of your talent for science? This practical guide offers valuable recommendations, real-life stories and practical exercises to enable students, postdoctorates and professors to develop their skills and succeed in academia, industry or elsewhere.
How can you get the funding to establish or consolidate a career in science? This concise guide offers step-by-step advice, real-life stories and practical exercises to help you prepare effective career grant applications and optimise your funding opportunities. A must-read for students, postdocs, professors, and anyone else serious about science. ‘This is a well-written text for the purposes of enlightening the readership on proposal writing. I highly recommend it for use by those in the early stages of seeking funding for their careers in science and engineering.’ IEEE Pulse ‘… a practical guide aimed primarily at early career academics considering the major challenge of writing applications for project grant and fellowship funding. With success rates for proposals reduced to an all-time low, help on how to be competitive is precious … strongly recommended if you are a postgraduate biology student, postdoc or young group leader.’ Andrew Taylor-Robinson, The Biologist 2013 228 x 152 mm 215pp 15 b/w illus. 978-1-107-62417-7 Paperback £18.99 / US$28.99 For all formats available, see
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‘This insightful book offers guidance toward an enhanced productive academic or professional scientific career … a must-read for any professional in the geophysical community and for those pursuing studies in this field.’ The Leading Edge ‘… if you had only one book to recommend to a student I would suggest this one. It is all there: the tips that, if applied, will make you a good presenter, an inspiring communicator, a soughtafter collaborator, and more.’ Elements 2011 228 x 152 mm 180pp 20 b/w illus. 978-0-521-14961-7 Paperback £18.99 / US$28.99 For all formats available, see
www.cambridge.org/9780521149617