@article {1351, title = {System Mapping: A Genre Field Analysis of the National Science Foundation{\textquoteright}s Grant Proposal an Funding Process}, journal = {Technical Communication Quarterly}, volume = {19}, year = {2010}, pages = {69{\textendash}89}, abstract = {

In this article we compare two different perspectives on the National Science Foundation(NSF) grant proposal and funding process: that depicted by the genre-dominantNSF Web site and that articulated by several successful NSF-funded researchers.Using genre theory and play theory to map the respective processes, we foundthat a systems-based refocusing of audience analysis{\textemdash}namely, genre field analysis{\textemdash}allows researchers a more accurate understanding of their roles as agents withinthe system.

}, keywords = {genre, genre field analysis, genre system, proposal}, author = {Moeller, Ryan M. and Christensen, David M.} }