ABSTRACT

Grant funding is critical to building a sustained research career. Yet in this climate of academic performativity little is known about how individual academics make their contribution to knowledge fundable. This in-depth longitudinal case study explores an approach evolved by an experienced Canadian scientist whose work is recognized for both scholarly and societal impact. We demonstrate how, over ten years, his agentive participation in academic interactions has contributed to continual development of his research and its funding through: his seeking and engaging with feedback; network-wide view of feedback sources; and drawing on feedback to inform his writing and research thinking. The article suggests a developmental view of the process in which, over time, researchers conceive, expand and draw on their feedback networks. Locating funding success within the social dimensions of knowledge and researcher development, the study sheds light on the role of agency and experiential learning in enabling contributions to frontline knowledge. Results suggest a novel, encompassing way for post-PhD researchers to build towards sustained grant funding.

摘要

赠款资金对于建立持续的研究事业至关重要。然而，在这种学术表演的氛围中，人们对个别学者如何使他们对知识的贡献得到资助却知之甚少。这个深入的纵向案例研究探讨了由一位经验丰富的加拿大科学家演变而来的方法，他的工作因学术和社会影响而受到认可。我们展示了十多年来，他在学术互动中的积极参与如何通过以下方式为他的研究及其资助的持续发展做出了贡献：他寻求并参与反馈；反馈源的全网视图；并利用反馈为他的写作和研究思维提供信息。这篇文章提出了一个发展的观点，即随着时间的推移，研究人员构思、扩展和利用他们的反馈网络的过程。该研究将资金成功定位在知识和研究人员发展的社会维度中，阐明了代理和体验式学习在促进对一线知识的贡献方面的作用。结果为博士后研究人员提供了一种新颖的、包容的方式来建立持续的资助资金。