“That was a whole new type of grantsmanship.”

In the article, published in Grantsmanship Center News, Mr. Eisenberg, who died at 90 on Oct.

In an article for a relatively obscure journal, the Grantsmanship Center News, Mr. Eisenberg posed a question: Is it the needy, or really the well-off, who benefit most from philanthropy?

Nature spoke with experts in ‘grantsmanship’ and delved into the data to find out what works — and what common advice is best ignored.

Much of their mental effort goes into grantsmanship, which is not at all the same thing as creativity.