Celia is right about some of Bauer's concepts.
 I'ts a guilty secret, but I use some of his ideas.  I even
 show small snippets of a couple of his videotapes-- but I
 ALWAYS fast forward past that godawful intro music.  It's
 worse the "It's a SMall World After All."
 Bauer's got some good ideas,but they aren't that novel and
 certainly weren't given to him on tablets of stone.
 Spanky
> I concur--Mary Hall's "Getting Funded" is a good starter; I also avoid
> David Bauer's materialls generally (although a concept or two are
> worthwhile); one or two of the books with examples of funded proposals are
> useful, especially for neophytes or someone who is switching agencies.
> But my all-time favorite is still "How to Prepare a Research Proposal:
> Guidelines for Funding and Disseratations in the Social and Behavioral
> Sciences," Third Edition, 1988.  David Krathwohl.  Syracuse University
> Press, about $15.  His is just good basic advice, includes most stages of
> idea development (but not filling out forms), and includes some excellent
> checklists for critiquing proposals.
>
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