grantsman

plural grantsmen

1. One who practices and is skilled at grantsmanship.

   A new breed of scientist began to emerge,—the grantsmen,—people whose skills lay not so much in doing good science, but in tuning into the perceptions of the peer group.

   2003, Donald R Forsdyke, Tomorrow's Cures Today?: How to Reform the Health Research

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   The professor who is very good at coming up with proposals that get funded is sometimes called a “grantsman,” particularly when the professor brings in enough money to hire a large staff of researchers. The name can be derogatory because it suggests a scientist who is concerned more with keeping the money flowing in and building an “empire” than with solving a particular research problem.

   2000, Jeff Schmidt, Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes Their Lives, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers