Not the OP, but of course he&#x27;s right.  On the other hand, there is bit of a different between one of the princes of the kingdom abdicating his title while leaving the kingdom and a common person leaving the kingdom.<p>Grant writing is a very painful form of writing and I have relatives that have made good money by being good at it[1].  I do believe it would be tough to do research and put the time in to be an acceptable grant writer.  Something has got to give.<p>1) for those writing grant to certain government agencies, yeah, there is an old-boys&#x2F;girls-club and using an &quot;out&quot; word in your grant is a killer (I&#x27;ve drank a lot of beer over the evolution of the word &#x27;empowerment&#x27;).  One tip my aunt told me is to volunteer to be a grant reader in DC.  You see what everyone else is writing, know why things got accepted, and meet the people in charge.