Using grant proposal for applying to faculty position My grant application for independent research as a PostDoc got recently funded in Germany (the position started at the beginning of this year). This grant required me to choose host labs to work at. I had written the proposal by myself, with inputs from the host professors in Germany regarding the language and phrasing.
Concurrently, I have also started to apply for faculty positions in different countries. The institute at the very top of my list asks specifically for a research proposal which will play a key role in the selection process.
Since the PostDoc grant proposal is filled with many unsolved and interesting problems from my research career (in Mathematics), I would like to reuse it for my faculty application as well.
I have a few questions regarding this:
(1) What is the code of conduct around such a situation where I want to reuse the grant proposal in a faculty-position research proposal? I have never been in this situation, and I am completely unsure of how to proceed.
(2) If I am allowed to reuse the material from the grant proposal, how closely can I use it in the faculty proposal? A lot of thought and time was invested into the phrasing of the original grant, and it very concisely written. If possible, I would like to stay close to the original phrasing.
Of course, the faculty proposal will several new problems as well. Maybe, this question has an obvious answer, in which case I apologise for it. Any ideas/thoughts are very welcome.
Unless there is something tricky that I can't see, there should be no problem, though I'd suggest some rewording, just to make things clear.
For example, the grant covers &quot;work in progress&quot; perhaps, rather than &quot;work to be done&quot;.
But the important thing is to be clear in the faculty application about what is past, present, and proposed for the future. I think you will be in a strong position if your &quot;Statement of Purpose&quot; is a continuation of a research program that is already in progress and has seen some results.
I think that the rewording, rather than just copying, would make it stronger.
I hope I'm not missing something.