Grant Tutorials. Writing a Grant Application: A "Technical" Checklist. Significance Sound hypotheses Productivity and demonstration of feasibility -- high quality results and figures Logical development of experimental design Before you start: Is it really time to write this grant?
Is it premature? Should you write that paper first? Plan ahead and don't rush -- give yourself 2-3 months to prepare the grant. Specific Aims Do the aims address interesting and significant issues? Background Clear, well organized -- use subheadings where possible. Preliminary Results Draw as much as possible on your past productivity; emphasize how your previous work leads up to the present proposal or at least demonstrates feasibility of methods to be used.
Experimental Design This IS one of the most common places where the text is insufficient. Timetable Not a futile exercise, although it does not need to take up an inordinate amount of space. Common Mistakes in NIH Applications. The five review criteria for most NIH grant applications are: Significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment.
Innovation is not necessary, but the results should have compelling significance. Common Mistakes: Problems with significance: Not significant nor exciting nor new research Lack of compelling rationale Incremental and low impact research Problems with specific aims: Too ambitious, too much work proposed Unfocused aims, unclear goals Limited aims and uncertain future directions Problems with experimental approach: Inappropriate level of experimental detail Feasibility of each aim not shown Little or no expertise with approach Lack of appropriate controls Not directly testing hypothesis Correlative or descriptive data Experiments not directed towards mechanisms No discussion of alternative models or hypotheses No discussion of potential pitfalls No discussion of interpretation of data Problems with investigator: Problems with environment: Inadequate institutional support. Gntapp. Table of Page Limits for NIH Forms.
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