Crystal Botham, PhD

Enigma
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Director, Research Development Office at Stanford

Stanford, California, United States

Overview

Crystal Botham, PhD, is a leader in academic research development at Stanford University. She is the Director of the Pediatrics Research Development Office and the Founder & Director of the Biosciences Grant Writing Academy, where she helps faculty and trainees secure competitive funding and develop their scientific communication skills. She earned her PhD from the University of Oregon.

Dr. Bothams passion for proposal writing was sparked during her graduate studies. She is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists, focusing on making the often-stressful grant writing process more accessible and successful. Her academy aims to center joy and belonging in the grant writing experience for researchers.

Unique fact: The proposal bootcamp she created has nearly doubled the funding success rate for participants and won an Innovations in Research Education Award.

Personality Overview

Friendly Yet Blunt

Hard To Convince

Persuasive & Assertive

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

Grant Writing
Founder and Director of the Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy, author of "The K Award Guidebook, " and creator of successful grant writing courses and bootcamps.
Research Development
As Director of the Office of Pediatric Research Development, she provides strategic advice to faculty to enable competitive funding applications and productive research programs.
Scientific Mentorship
Her work focuses on designing programs and courses to train the next generation of scientists, supporting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in their career development.

Media Appearances

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Work History

9-2019
Director, Research Development Office at Stanford
2-2015
Director of the Biosciences Grant Writing Academy at Stanford
7-2013 - 9-2019
Director of Strategic Research Development at Stanford
8-2010 - 5-2011
Genetics Instructor at UC Berkeley Extension

Education

2007 - 2011
Postdoctoral Fellowship from Stanford University
2002 - 2007
Ph.D. from University of Oregon

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Exp : 13 Location : Stanford, California, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director, Research Development Office at Stanford
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Insights For Selling To Crystal

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Leverage 'negging', or the art of asking negative questions like "you must not be convinced yet..."
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Avoid making offhand commitments, understand the root of their concerns first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Crystal is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Crystal

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Crystal move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Crystal take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Crystal

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