>most professors are blissfully or even deliberately ignorant of the time and effort necessary to prepare grant proposals for research funding. I can assure yo

>most professors are blissfully or even deliberately ignorant of the time and effort necessary to prepare grant proposals for research funding. I can assure you that this is not true. Any "deliberate" ignorance is likely an attempt to trim the amount of admin demanded. I have prepared research proposals for numerous governmental and non-profit funders, and the amount of admin required on each varies enormously, with the EU being the absolute worst. The EU demands more, because others demand more from it; reports have to be made to this and that body, etc, etc. Completely unnecessary. Whereas one non-profit requires only a two page report and copies of any manuscripts in preparation or published (bliss!).