Dear Dr XXX,
For over a decade Armstrong-Hilton has been editing research grant proposals for academics in Hong Kong universities, and for some departments and department clusters.
Our experience covers proposals from a wide variety of fields, and we know the time pressure you are under. If you would like us to edit your proposal, just reply to this email and we’ll be ready to help.
We look forward to hearing from you.
沒錯, 他們居然知道新一輪的政府研究資助 (Government Research Fund) 將在月底到期, 亦當然知道, 對很多大學教員來說, GRF 等於免死金牌, 所以生出這樣的一個市場.
問題是: 這一代的學者到底同 Fundraiser 有甚麼分別呢? 誰能籌得更多錢, 誰就可以升級續約或者攞Tenure. 但是這批人真正做的祇是 Manage 一批研究助理幫他們寫研究建議甚至研究報告而已.
將全部工作外發出去, 自己變身成為項目管理人 (project manager). 像這樣的人還算在做學問麼? 古人說, 人有學問如山蘊玉, 如淵藏珠，雖不現出，而精彩自然光潤. 在今天的大學環境中, 我們是否還可以碰見具有這種氣度涵養的人呢?
學問畢竟是一生力量的蓄積涵養, 在這當中假如滲了假, 沒有了誠意, 沒有了純真, 人還可以剩下甚麼呢?
Have never heard of this sort of proposal editing service...(Is it only offered in hk?) What can they do that is really value adding to the proposal? The only thing that actually worths 'the money' is the research idea and it is not something that these services can offer...
回覆刪除Being a project manager / fundraiser is not a n easy task. We have to read and think and scratch our head hard to come up with new ideas that are interesting to us and people we work with / supervise, and then sell successful to get the resources... So, I think successful academic / researchers are yes project manager and fundraiser and also they are research directors who steer the research direction and identify interesting research questions that worth answering. (I am not saying I can do that successfully and I am not a successful research... but I am trying...)