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grantsmanship

American  
[grants-muhn-ship, grahnts-] / ˈgrænts mənˌʃɪp, ˈgrɑnts- /

noun

  1. skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.


Etymology

Origin of grantsmanship

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; grant + -s 3 + -manship

Example Sentences

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That's in part because Cianci mastered the art of federal grantsmanship and leveraged municipal bonds.

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An expert in the game of grantsmanship, with a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State, Henderson is a man of fearsome energy.

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One cause of the growing shortage of college teachers is a "crisis in values" that has infected a generation of young scholars with "the crassest opportunism in grantsmanship, job hopping and wheeling-dealing."

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The first step in mastering grantsmanship is picking a field that the grant givers consider hot.

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