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Grant Writing – Approach What if you don’t get anticipated results? Limitations Timeline. Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study Boston University School of Medicine. No industry relationships to disclose 2R01HL092577 1P50 HL120163 N01-HC 25195.
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Grant Writing – ApproachWhat if you don’t get anticipated results?LimitationsTimeline Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study Boston University School of Medicine • No industry relationships to disclose • 2R01HL092577 • 1P50 HL120163 • N01-HC 25195
ApproachOrder – Elements • Rationale • Hypothesis • Preliminary results • Methods • Sample • Design • Statistical analysis • Power • Anticipated results • Possible problems and potential solutions • Read grant from paragraph headings
ApproachExpected Outcomes • Outline for each aim • Purpose • Synthesizes each of the aim’s outcomes • Reinforces how aim advances field – ROI • Provides reviewer reassurance that you have back up plan if outcome not met
ApproachPotential Problems Alternative Strategies • Purpose • Demonstrates awareness of limitations • Resilience • Types of problems • Generalizability • Multiple testing • Misclassification • Confounding • Over-adjusting • Changing technology • Temporality • Bias • Causality • Specific assay • Correct model • Enrollment problems
ApproachTimeline • Purpose • Gives reviewers perspective/flow of work • Pitfalls • Illogical sequence • Not grounded in Specific Aims • Over-ambitious • Under-ambitious • Absent timeline