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Lake Effect: Segments Podcast

Paying For Science: Astronomer Jean Creighton Explains The Grant-Writing Process

By Bonnie North,
Jean Creighton
Published November 26, 2019 at 2:16 PM CST
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Astronomy contributor Jean Creighton explains the process of writing a grant proposal for the National Science Foundation.

We talk with our astronomy contributor Jean Creighton regularly about the latest discoveries in astrophysics, but we've never really talked about how those discoveries are paid for. So, for November's astro chat, Creighton explains the process of writing a grant proposal for the National Science Foundation:

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Bonnie North
Bonnie joined WUWM in March 2006 as the Arts Producer of the locally produced weekday magazine program Lake Effect.
Jean Creighton
Dr. Jean Creighton has always been inspired by how the cosmos works. She was born in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in Athens, Greece where her mother claims she showed a great interest in how stars form from the age of five.
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