Back in the old days, a prospective academic author could submit a manuscript —sometimes even a barely reworked dissertation — and book editors would consider it for publication. Now, even if you’ve ...

The dissertation proposal and the specialty exam serve different purposes and should be viewed as separate activities, even though often executed concurrently. The dissertation proposal marks the ...

Writing proposals is one of the toughest parts of the thought-leadership business model. You’ve listened to your client, taken notes, and uncovered their pain points. Now you have to translate that ...

Q: I’d like to learn how to write grant proposals, with an eye toward doing it on a freelance basis. What’s the best and quickest way for me to learn this craft, and can you recommend any resources?

One of the tasks that takes up a large portion of my time is writing system proposals. I do this in collaboration with my IBIS colleague John Cracknell in the U.K. I actually look forward to putting a ...