Use of Promotional Language in Grant Applications and Grant Success
This study found that the percentage of promotional language used in medical science grants was positively associated with receiving funding after accounting for PI, grant, and year confounds and that younger PIs, men PIs, and PIs requesting higher amounts of funding generally used more promotional language in their grants. These can patterns inform research strategies for communicating the merits of good ideas to funding agencies and other researchers.
Authors
- Teresa K. Woodruff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1197-3399)
- Henrik Barslund Fosse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4232-0876)
- Hao Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-1680)
- Huilian Sophie Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-7003)
- Brian Uzzi
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48696
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.25
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Northwestern University
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Fonden
- National Institutes of Health