%0 Journal Article %J Technical Communication Quarterly %D 2010 %T System Mapping: A Genre Field Analysis of the National Science Foundation's Grant Proposal an Funding Process %A Moeller, Ryan M. %A Christensen, David M. %K genre %K genre field analysis %K genre system %K proposal %X

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—namely, genre field analysis—allows researchers a more accurate understanding of their roles as agents withinthe system.

%B Technical Communication Quarterly %V 19 %P 69–89 %G eng %N 1