grantsmanship
- noun
- /ˈɡræntsˌmənʃɪp/
- Jargon
- School psychologists need to develop skills in grantsmanship.
Examples
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The necessary skills for successful research grantsmanship are not the same skills required to be a good undergraduate teacher.
Academic text (1996) -
We need to have some method of identifying capable scholars and avoiding people whose only expertise seems to be grantsmanship.
Academic text (1991) -
Two or more respondents were employed in advocacy, grantsmanship and/or technical assistance, community development, research, and membership organizations; two respondents worked in community centers.
Academic text (2011) -
It is important to understand the relationship between these agendas, grantsmanship, and long-term services to children with disabilities.
Academic text (1994) -
C PP saves the careerism/grantsmanship posts, which, by the way, are unbelievably important, for Drugmonkey, where they are undiluted and written in his unique style.
Blog text (2) -
Themes to be explored in the course, which debuted during the spring 2006 semester, include shared vision, sustained and effective teamwork, consensus building, coping with change, service, grantsmanship, and the challenges of funding nonprofit work.
Academic text (2006) -
Successful grantsmanship requires a strong understanding of funding sources and proposal writing skills.
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Many organizations seek to improve their grantsmanship to secure more funding for their projects.
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She demonstrated her grantsmanship by successfully writing proposals that garnered substantial financial support.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grantsmanship combines grant ('money or support given') with the ending -manship (like in craftsmanship, meaning 'skill'). So grantsmanship is the skill of getting grants, especially the ability to write good proposals and win funding.