Building the New Architecture of Crisis Management: Global Experts’ Insights on Best and Worst Practices for Securing External Funding

Brooke Liu, Yan Jin, Wenqing Zhao (Grady PhD Student), Andreas Schwarz, Olivia Truban, and Matthew Seeger. (Forthcoming). “Building the New Architecture of Crisis Management: Global Experts' Insights on Best and Worst Practices for Securing External Funding.” Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 

Abstract: External funding is an important yet understudied area of inquiry in crisis communication research. With external funding being a keystone of assessing and broadening research impact in both academia and industry, it is important for scholarship to examine effective practices for funding proposals. This study explores the best and worst practices for funded research through an expert consultation survey of 36 global communication scholars with track records of funding success. Findings reveal motivating factors for seeking, securing, and managing funding, as well as institutional factors. Findings also inform best and worst practices for securing external funding, including bridging theory and practice and establishing strong research partnerships.