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It is the essence of grantsmanship to persuade the Foundation executives that it was they who suggested the research project and that you were a belated convert, agreeing reluctantly to all they had proposed.
Source: Parkinsons Laws in Medical Research, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 19620

It is the essence of grantsmanship to persuade the Foundation executives that it was they who suggested the research project and that you were a belated convert, agreeing reluctantly to all they had proposed. by : Cyril Northcote Parkinson