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- Make sure that your principles are not comprised by the funding that
you accept: Once you have obtained funding (for example from department of
defence or Microsoft) slag off at the weapons trade or the evils of
Windows XP at every conference and at every opportunity you have to
collaborate.
- Promise that you can solve problems that have defeated the brightest
minds for a generation; the reviewers will of course be idiots and be
taken in.
- The key thing is to have a good idea; do not dilute it by explaining
it or describing how you will actually do the work.
- Do not risk undue criticism by committing to a particular idea or
approach; keep it all nice and general.
- Simply point out that you are a
big shot.
- Do not make the assessors think your idea is too small and simple. For
example, just because you really only need a laptop and a top-up stipend
for your one graduate student, should not prevent you from asking for
$400000 per year. After all, grants committees always trim budgets.
- Join MIT.
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