How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application

by Pequegnat, Willo; Stover, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780306449659
• ISBN10: 030644965X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

This unique volume provides technical assistance for researchers applying for biobehavioral or psychosocial research funding. Although its focus is on Public Health Service (PHS) funding, the guide is equally useful to graduate students or others preparing a proposal to conduct a study. The first section, devoted to grantsmanship and a thorough analysis of the review process, describes how a research program is established in response to public health problems, the process for determining research opportunities and priorities, and how scientific merit is established for research applications. The second section is a step-by-step guide to completing the PHS 398 research application. A detailed chapter on budgeting provides a technical discussion of projecting costs and justifying them. Finally, the guide instructs the potential applicant in the presentation of findings in a scientific talk. Some other original features of this valuable guidebook include insider tips on grantsmanship, an example of a successful research application, and an easily accessible index. Written by scientists and research administrators who have been directly involved with every aspect of federal research support, How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application is today's only authoritative book on the subject. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Federal Commitment to Support Minority and Women Researchers	p. 1
The Role of Community Service Groups in Research	p. 3
Grantsmanship and the Review Process
Establishing a Research Program in Response to a Public Health Crisis	p. 7
Program Announcements and Requests for Applications: Signals to the Field	p. 25
Grantsmanship: A View from Inside and Out	p. 39
The Review Process	p. 47
Selecting the Appropriate Research Mechanism	p. 55
Selecting Issues and Hypotheses for a Research Proposal	p. 67
Reading between the Lines of Your Summary Statement	p. 73
The Award Process	p. 77
Developing Sections of Your Research Application
Developing a Theoretical Framework and Rationale for a Research Proposal	p. 85
How Do You Formulate a Testable Exciting Hypothesis?	p. 93
Qualitative Inquiry: An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research	p. 97
Designing an Intervention Study	p. 113
Instrumentation: Off the Shelf or on Your Own	p. 129
Integrating Psychological and Immunological Variables	p. 137
Institutional Review Boards and Special Human Subjects Issues in AIDS Research	p. 143
Developing a Resume and Presenting a Staff	p. 149
Developing the Data Analytic Plan	p. 153
Developing a Budget and Financial Justification	p. 161
Disseminating Your Findings
How to Deliver a Sensational Scientific Talk	p. 171
Developing a More Viewable Visual Presentation	p. 177
Information on the Authors	p. 185
Data Analytic Plan	p. 191
Budget Justification	p. 217
Charts, Timelines, and Other Visual Aids	p. 229
Index	p. 243
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