Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Beginning grantsmanship
  • 1. The NIH and other sources of research support
  • 2. A strong proposal
  • 3. Proposal review
  • 4. The R01 research grant
  • 5. The abstract and specific aims
  • 6. Background and significance
  • 7. Preliminary studies
  • 8. Research design and methods
  • 9. The budget
  • 10. Biographical sketch, research support, and resources
  • 11. Human subjects
  • 12. Animal subjects
  • 13. Consortiums, contracts, consultants, and collaborators
  • 14. Literature cited and appendixes
  • 15. Revision of an unfunded proposal
  • 16. Competing renewal of R01 projects (progress reports)
  • 17. Proposal submission and supplementary materials
  • 18. Your first grant award (R, F, or K)
  • 19. Advice for beginners in academia. Part two: Advanced grantsmanship
  • 20. Small business grants
  • 21. Program project grants (P01)
  • 22. Center grants
  • 23. Construction grants
  • 24. T32 institutional research training program grants
  • 25. Instrumentation grants. Appendix
  • A. Information sources: private foundation and government web sites, and study section contacts
  • B. Summary statements, reviewer comments, assignment, award, and triage letters
  • C. Examples of figures from preliminary data
  • D. Examples of design format
  • E. Instructions to reviewers concerning human subjects
  • F. Suggested reading.