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Grant Writing Information Session

This session provides information on different types of grants, grant components, and grant opportunities. Topics include NIH grants, grant outline, scoring criteria, timeline, and grant components like specific aims, background and significance, preliminary studies, and research design and methods. Grant opportunities like EPA STAR Fellowships are also discussed.

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Grant Writing Information Session

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  1. Grant Writing Information Session Kristen Burwell Graduate Writing Fellow May 1, 2013

  2. Types of Grants - NIH • T: Institutional Research Training Grant – granted to institutions for graduate students and post-doc appointments • F: Fellowships – Individual post-doc fellowships for behavioral science or biomedical research • K: Research Center Development Awards – granted to develop research scientists with potential

  3. Types of Grants – Cont’d • R: Research Grants – awarded to fund a specific objective or study in the area of interest of the principal investigator • P: Program Grants – awarded to senior investigators to fund a broad long-term program of research (typically focus on disease mechanisms) • P: Center Grants – awarded to senior investigators

  4. Grant Outline • Specific Aims • Research Strategy • Background • Significance • Innovation • Approach • References • Human Subjects, Environment, etc…

  5. Grant Outline Cont’d • Budget and budget justification • Subcontract paperwork (optional) • Biosketches • Letters of Support • Administrative pages

  6. Scoring Criteria

  7. Before you begin… • Be very familiar with the review criteria • Significance – scientific, practical relevance • Investigators – expertise and training • Innovation – shift in current research • Approach – soundness of research strategy • Environment – institutional resources and access to relevant equipment

  8. Timeline Create a writing timeline or calendar Be realistic Incorporate opportunities for multiple reviews before final submission Use your resources

  9. Grant Components • Specific Aims • Discuss the purpose of the proposal and public health relevance • Discuss current literature • Discuss the gap in knowledge and why it should be addressed • Include long-term and short-term goals • Include hypothesis for each aim • Demonstrate the impact of your work (innovation and expected outcomes)

  10. Grant Components Cont’d • Background and Significance • Mention why the work is significant, including benefits to the knowledge obtained • Conduct a critical evaluation of major findings • Cite key articles • Discuss how your project may address discrepancies in the literature • Provide a rationale for all of the gaps that you have identified

  11. Grant Components Cont’d • Preliminary Studies • Demonstrate you and your teams’ competence and expertise • Prevent relevant data and conclusions • Connect the preliminary data with your proposed research • Include figures and tables

  12. Grant Components Cont’d • Research Design and Methods • Discuss how you will conduct your research study • Organize by specific aims • Include specific methodology to accomplish your research goals • Include your power analysis • Mention limitations and alternative strategies to avoid or handle potential problems

  13. Grant Opportunities • EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study • http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2013/2013_star_gradfellow.html • Deadline: late October, early November • New Requirement: cannot involve human subjects • Proposal Description: 5 pages

  14. EPA STAR Materials • Application for Federal Assistance, (SF) 424 • EPA Key Contacts Form (5700-54) • Front Page • Personal Statement • Proposal Description • Background Information: • Education & Relevant ExperiencesPublications & PresentationsCourse Work • Letters of Recommendation (sent by referees)

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