Juan Villalba, Professor
Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Michele Thieme, Deputy Director and Lead Scientist
Freshwater Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Susannah French, Professor
Department of Biology, Utah State University
Kari Veblen, Professor
Department. of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Holly has been instrumental in our crafting better, more competitive proposals. Her candid critiques of initial drafts were critical in helping us produce compelling arguments in support of our proposed research. Highlights of her efforts included knowing how reviewers read and interpret proposals, making sure our ideas and objectives were clearly stated up front, insisting that the proposal flow logically from one section to the next, and providing great recommendations regarding how to couch broader impacts statements. Her ability to recognize what is generally interesting science also helped ensure we didn’t get trapped into focusing on minutiae.
Chuck Hawkins, Professor
Department. of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University
Joel Pederson, Department Head and Professor
Department. of Geology, Utah State University
Holly was particularly useful in terms of making sure that we had covered all the bases outlined in the RFP and done so in a way that was completely clear to potential reviewers. Since Holly was a sympathetic, but critical and uninvolved reader, she not only pointed out gaps but suggested ways to cover the gaps while maintaining the sense and flow of the proposal. Holly was invaluable in pointing out ways to improve STEM relevance as well as potential broader impacts that I had never considered. Overall working with her was so useful that I plan to do it as a matter of course, even in future, more research-based, proposals.
Jim Powell, Professor
Department. of Biology, Utah State University
Sarah Null, Professor
Department. of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University