ABSTRACT

This text targets effective grant proposal writing in epidemiology, preventive medicine, and biostatistics. It provides summary checklists and step-by-step guidelines for grant structure and style, critical do's and don'ts that aid in writing solid grant proposals, and broader strategies for developing a research funding portfolio. Written by an established NIH reviewer with an impressive track record of funding, the book demonstrates proven tactics with extensive examples from successfully funded proposals. It serves as a virtual cookbook of the ingredients needed to construct a winning grant proposal.

chapter 2|16 pages

Starting a Dissertation Proposal

chapter 3|18 pages

How to Develop and Write Hypotheses

chapter 4|20 pages

Conducting the Literature Search

chapter 5|20 pages

Scientic Writing

chapter 6|20 pages

Specic Aims

chapter 7|24 pages

Background and Signicance Section

chapter 8|20 pages

Summarizing Preliminary Studies

chapter 9|26 pages

Study Design and Methods

chapter 10|24 pages

Data Analysis Plan

chapter 11|16 pages

Power and Sample Size

chapter 12|26 pages

Review of Bias and Confounding

chapter 13|22 pages

How to Present Limitations and Alternatives

chapter 14|20 pages

Reproducibility and Validity Studies

chapter 15|22 pages

Abstracts and Titles

chapter 16|22 pages

Presenting Your Proposal Orally

chapter 17|22 pages

Choosing the Right Funding Source

chapter 18|28 pages

Submission of the Grant Proposal

chapter 19|16 pages

Review Process

chapter 20|18 pages

Resubmission of the Grant Proposal