The Secret Art of Grant Writing

Dr. Betty Lai is an Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Lai’s research focuses on the impacts of the climate crisis and disasters such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires on children. Dr. Lai is the author of The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars from Princeton University Press, and this book is the subject of our conversation today. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Lai’s work has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2022, she received the Distinguished Research Award in Counseling from Division E of the American Educational Research Association and the Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Contributions in Health Psychology from Division 17 of the American Psychological Association.

For the resources Dr. Lai mentioned in the episode, see below:

• How to talk to a program officer: https://scholarfoundations.com/blog/post/why-you-need-to-talk-to-a-program-officer
• Free grant samples: https://scholarfoundations.com/samples
• Information about the book: thegrantwritingguide.com