Receiving A Grant Gifts

'Agreed. We fund only those proposals we can understand.'

'Congratulations. You're our 15th caller. The grant is yours!'

"Does he have to do that every time he gets a little grant?"

"His grant application was accepted."

'Great news, Gran'ma! I got a grant to study wolves in your woods!'

'Oh. Our research grant has finally come through.'

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

Yomp Foundation Presentation committee: 'Don't let the gong intimidate you!'

Procrastinator Foumdation: 'We're putting off the decision to fund you for at least another month...'

Thank you for not doing research that has already been done.

"I'm in nonprofit work for the money."

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

"Our proposal didn't get the grant, but they want us to teach proposal writing."

YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE GENIUS GRANT LINE.

'I don't believe it - if this evidence is correct it'll rock the very foundations of our research grant application.'

"I'll match donations when you match my tax payments."

"Congratulations Professor, the committee 'okayed' your grant request."

'It's a foolproof formula for writing grant applications.'

"I'm sorry, but you'll have to get approval from the offices of Terminology, Evidence, Proof of Demand, Documentation, Measurement and Predictions before I can even think about signing off."

"I'm not going to shoot the messenger, but I'm also not going to renew his grant."

"The nonprofit competitive grant season begins

'I want you stop referring to our grant as 'The Big Dipper.''

"Dean Williams, the grant committee approved my research grant to determine how many research grants are a waste of government money!"

"Lost My Grant - Please Help!"

"When we said to be creative with your grant proposal presentation, this is not what was meant."

"...I want to find out whether there's any truth in the belief that money can't buy happiness."

He's got 'I'm in grant renewal heaven' all over him.

'Evolution may be a good idea, but how will we FUND it?'

'Agreed, 'Laplace Algebra Matrix Expansion' is a good topic, but we'd better find a better acronym if we want to secure a Research Grant...'

Dummy. Now we have to apply for another grant.

The mazes were too easy, so now they have me running through bureaucracies and looking for grants. (Originally published on 2007-10-18).

"Someday my grant will come."

"Our funding runs out in a month. Will everyone please think a little faster?"

"Great. First our funding ran out, now the rat."

The Institute Of Innovative Ways To Get Government Grants.