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Lessons from NASA: Or, Why Technical and Professional Communicators Should Study Social Justice to Prepare for Scientific Grant Writing

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

This article examines Requests for Funding Proposals (RFPs) as boundary objects at the intersections of scientific research, technical, and professional communication (TPC), and social justice. Focusing on one NASA RFP, we analyze how inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) requirements compel writers to reimagine how scientific work is conducted and how with interdisciplinary teams work across social justice and scientific research.

Original languageEnglish
JournalTechnical Communication Quarterly
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2026

Keywords

  • boundary objects
  • grant writing
  • inclusion, diversity, equity, and access
  • Social justice
  • technical and professional communication
  • writing and rhetoric

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