Re: Glossary for Narada Thera & grammatical terms

However, the vast majority of grant money would never be offered to
me, as I work independently (in Asia) --not as part of a University
staff/program.

The SSHRC (that you mentioned) *only* provides grant money to
Universities (and "University based research") ... with the small
exception of Aboriginal community groups (i.e., because the latter
really have been excluded from Universities by 400 years of
colonialism).

I am not aware of any organization that would provide money for a
(non-academic) scholar such as myself --aside from Buddhist corporate
charities (e.g., the Numata Foundation in Japan).

Generally, government grant organizations require that you are either
a professor or a PhD candidate; requirements based on formal
qualifications are a poor substitute for actually evaluating the
quality of research --but it is a substitute, and a necessary
substitute for organizations such as the SSHRC (that have no capacity
to actually read, much less criticize, the output of the projects they
fund).

Thus, while I remain open to your suggestion, I think that if you
"give it a second thought", you might agree that institutions such as
these exist for the stated purpose of excluding independent scholars
such as myself --indeed, the restriction of such grants to doctoral
candidates is one of the few justifications for the high price of a
university education.

E.M.