From the archive: On zombies and monsters

How to avoid your big bid taking on a life of its own

To complement our article detailing the seven deadly sins of multi-partner bids, we resurrect this horror story from our columnist Adam Golberg, first published in April last year. Here, Golberg details the ways large grant applications can be transformed into ghoulish apparitions destined to be cast out into the darkness by funding panels, should they ever even make it that far. Be warned, dear reader, lest this unholy fate be delivered to your next bid, too…