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Overview. Before you write Background research Review criteriaMultiple audiencesGeneral grant writing tipsSpecific Aims: The foundationTips for the other sections. Stage 1: Before You Write. Start with a novel idea Do background res
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1. Keys to Writing a Successful Grant Application Paula Pietromonaco
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Summer Institute on Social/Personality Psychology and Health
July 23, 2009
2. Overview Before you write
Background research
Review criteria
Multiple audiences
General grant writing tips
Specific Aims: The foundation
Tips for the other sections
3. Stage 1: Before You Write Start with a novel idea
Do background research on mission of institute and specific programs
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/bbrb/about.html
4. Stage 1: Before You Write What research is funded by institute and program of interest?
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/crisp_query.generate_screen
5. Stage 1: Before You Write Get to know the review criteria*
Significance: Scientific & practical importance; Impact
Investigators: Expertise, training, accomplishments
Innovation: Challenge/shift current research/practice
Approach: Soundness of overall strategy, methods, analyses. anticipate problems, address risks
Environment: Institutional resources, equipment, access to special populations
*See Veronica Chollettes presentation for more details.
6. Know your (multiple) audiences Reviewers Who are they? Rosters of study section members are available online Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes Study Section [SPIP]