tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post8923001422720148266..comments2024-03-19T00:11:46.679-07:00Comments on The Prodigal Academic: Prodigal U does its part to help out TT wannabesprodigal academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-36663820401400237472010-09-27T10:51:26.723-07:002010-09-27T10:51:26.723-07:00When looking at research proposals, we look at 1) ...When looking at research proposals, we look at 1) overlap with current faculty, 2) fundability, 3) likelihood that the applicant has access to and/or can get all the resources required for the research, 4) impact if successful and 5) writing clarity (i.e. do we think the applicant can write a fundable proposal). A lot of it ends up being personal taste, just like when writing proposals. <br /><br />In my experience, successful applicants briefly describe the safe science, and spend more time on moderately risky and high risk/high reward research. How much risk vs. how much reward depends on what field you are in.prodigal academichttp://theprodigalacademic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-87841944200041865372010-09-26T16:09:01.462-07:002010-09-26T16:09:01.462-07:00A followup question, as an applicant working on te...A followup question, as an applicant working on tenure track applications, could you describe how you evaluate research proposals in more detail? I'm specifically wondering how should I balance risky proposals vs. proposals pretty sure to do good, intersting science but unlikely to be ground breaking? I understand and am following an idea of having three, one risky, one mid range, one pretty safe, but I'm unsure how risky to make the risky one (and how safe to make the safe one). Do you (or other readers) have any insight as to how this varies at differently ranked schools? I know a top school would want Science/Nature worthy research, but what about a lower tier school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com