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Preparing a Successful Grant
Proposal
A Summary of
the GSAC Colloquium
on Sept. 4, 2001
Presented Jointly by
Aaron Bertram, Graeme
Milton,
Cindi Phillips &
Anurag
Singh
Please click on each speaker's name to see his/her portion
of the presentation.
Portion presented by Aaron Bertram
Consider the following titles (for a grant proposal):
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Classification of log del Pezzo Surfaces with no more than four non-Gorenstein
Singularies.
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A Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis.
The above titles may very well suggest an excellent thesis or paper.
However, as titles of grant proposals, they are likely to be too myopic
or "microscopic". Unlike theses or papers, which are very well focused,
a grant proposal should offer perspectives. It should explain:
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the importance of the proposed research,
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how it fits in with the work of other researchers,
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the proposer's own point of view and new ideas.
A grant proposal may include:
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conjectures of how certain particular proofs (speaking of pure mathematics
research proposals) might proceed.
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a variety of proposed problems of varying difficulties; classify them into
short-term, medium-term and long-term projects.
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an outline of your mathematical research in the next few years.
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University of Utah
155 South 1400 East, JWB 233
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0090
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