The grant application writer's workbook. National Science Foundation, FastLane version

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Where to find it

Health Sciences Library — Books (Basement)

Call Number
Q 180.55 .P7 R967gb 2015
Status
Checked Out (Due 4/26/2024)

Health Sciences Library — Reference (1st floor)

Call Number
Q 180.55 .P7 R967gb 2015 c. 2
Status
In-Library Use Only

Contents

Partial contents: Before you begin to write. What you need to know about NSF and its funding of research ; How to develop and optimize the idea for your grant application ; How to choose the appropriate funding opportunity & grant mechanism for your idea ; Preliminary proposals ; FastLane or Grants.gov for preparation and submission of your proposal? ; Merit review principles and criteria; tips on how to write for reviewers -- Template/Master plan for your proposal. Overview and objectives section ; Expected significance section ; How to maximize your application's programmatic relevance to NSF -- Developing the rest of your application. Relation to the principal investigator's longer-term goals ; Research plan - narrative description of what will be done ; Background - review of relevant literature, results from prior NSF support, preliminary studies - and references cited sections ; Relation to other work in progress ; Broader impacts of the proposed work ; Budget and budget justification ; Current and pending support section ; Biographical sketch ; Facilities, equipment and other resources section ; Data management plan, posdoctoral researcher mentoring plan, letters of collaboration, and appendices -- Maximizing the competitiveness of your proposal. Pre-submission review ; How to create an eye-catching title for your proposal ; How to write the project summary; proprietary/privileged information.

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