Julia and Jonathan have a wide-ranging discussion on grant writing, starting with a basic question: Which audience are you writing for? Topics include the mindset of your reviewers (hint: not always as expert as you might think), how to handle resubmissions, and our wish that it were easier to see examples of grants.

Theme music courtesy of The Bobby Dazzlers

Links:

• Jonathan Peelle on Twitter: "What ONE piece of advice would you give to early career researchers applying for grants?" / Twitter
• LCOM | NIH Center for Scientific Review
• "If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter Letter" | Know Your Meme
• Sir Francis Darwin: In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs.
• Peelle Lab Face Mask Survey