# How to get that first grant: A young scientist’s guide to (AI) funding in America

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**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-that-first-grant-a-young-scientist-s-guide-to-ai-funding-in-america/149744 "2003-01-20T04:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-that-first-grant-a-young-scientist-s-guide-to-ai-funding-in-america/149744/1 "2003-01-20T04:46:16Z")

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Interesting website tutorial on how to get science (DARPA) grants.

[How to get that first grant: A young scientist’s guide to (AI) funding in America](http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/hendler/funding-talk/index.htm)

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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-that-first-grant-a-young-scientist-s-guide-to-ai-funding-in-america/149744/2 "2003-01-20T06:39:58Z")

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Ahhhh, the wacky world of grant funding! I like the slide that said:

> [@](#):
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> The PM has different scientific objectives than yours  
> -yours: Give talks, Publish papers, get grants  
> -PMs: Give talks, Publish papers, get grants  
> _but very different than yours_

And especially, under the Most Common Errors of NSF funding:  
“_Trust Me_ doesn’t work in this program.”

😃

It looks like a worthwhle talk - grantsmanship is a pretty scary process when you first start out. I wish he had some advice for getting granted funds (MOAed) out of one state agency _cough_HEALTH_cough_ to another _cough_RUTGERS_coughcough_gak\*\*.