Technical Communication Quarterly Dec 2009

System Mapping: A Genre Field Analysis of the National Science Foundation's Grant Proposal and Funding Process

Ryan M. Moeller Utah State University ; David M. Christensen Utah State University

Abstract

In this article we compare two different perspectives on the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant proposal and funding process: that depicted by the genre-dominant NSF Web site and that articulated by several successful NSF-funded researchers. Using genre theory and play theory to map the respective processes, we found that a systems-based refocusing of audience analysis—namely, genre field analysis—allows researchers a more accurate understanding of their roles as agents within the system.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2009-12-29
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10.1080/10572250903373098
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