Title: Guide to effective grant writing : how to write a successful NIH grant application /
Authors: Yang, Otto O.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2012
Subjects: National Institutes of Health (U.S.); National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Research grants Handbooks, manuals, etc.; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Writing standards; Financing, Organized; Research Support as Topic; Proposal writing for grants United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Proposal writing in medicine United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States; United States
Abstract: This book was written to help the post-graduate students and professionals who need to write effective proposals for grants. Procuring grant funding is the central key to survival for any academic researcher in the biological sciences; thus, being able to write a proposal that effectively illustrates one's ideas is essential. Covering all aspects of the proposal process, from the most basic questions about form and style to the task of seeking funding, this volume offers clear advice backed up with excellent examples.
Contents: Overview: overall goals when writing grant applications -- Organization and use of this guide -- Preparing to write -- Types of NIH grants -- Anatomy of the NIH grant application -- Starting to write: planning the aims and overcoming writer's block -- Organization and writing style -- Figures and tables -- Specific aims -- Research strategy: significance -- Research strategy: innovation -- Research strategy: approach.