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Grant Writing

 

When you’re faced with needing to write grants to help support your research or new lab there are many resources to help you. 

The APS and the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the importance of and work to develop the following skills:

  1. Knowledge of how to identify various funding sources
  2. Knowledge of types of grants and different approaches to writing them
  3. Ability to develop clear and testable hypothesis, objectives, and research plan
  4. Proficiency in developing grant budgets
  5. Knowledge of submission and evaluation processes
  6. Knowledge of grant review processes
  7. Ability to use scientific literature effectively in writing grant proposals
(from the APS/ACDP List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)

Here are some web sites that you might find useful.*

Funding Sites
NIH Sites
Other Sites

Funding Sites
Grants.gov
Competitive grant opportunites from all federal grant-making agencies

The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
NIH Office of Extramural Research

Find Funding
NSF

GrantsNet
Funds for training in the sciences

Grants Information Collection
University of Wisconsin Madison

see also disease-related sites such as American Heart Association and private foundations like Wellcome Trust and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

NIH Sites
All About Grants Tutorials
NIAID, NIH

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Database
(view abstracts of funded NIH grants)
NIH Office of Extramural Research

Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
  Mock Study Section video
  Peer Review Meetings
  Study Section Rosters

Grant Definitions and Terms
NIAID, NIH

Grant Writing Tips Sheets
NIH Office of Extramural Research

Institutes, Centers and Offices at NIH

Referral and Review
NIH Center for Scientific Review

Resources for Applicants
NIH Center for Scientific Review

Other Sites
Grantsmanship Training Program and Resources Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

The Grant Institute

How to Obtain Research and Other Funding
Science Careers.org, AAAS

The NIH R01 Tool Kit
ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
July 2007

NIH Paylines and Success Rates
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

See also:
Trainee Chart on Funding Resources
How to Write an NRSA

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.

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