Editorial Review:

This third edition of the classic "how-to" guide incorporates recent changes in policies and procedures of the NIH, with particular emphasis on the role of the Internet in the research proposal process. Completely revised and updated, it reveals the secrets of success used by seasoned investigators, and directs the reader through the maze of NIH bureaucracies. In addition to providing a detailed overview of the entire review process, the book also includes hundreds of tips on how to enhance proposals, excerpts from real proposals, and extensive Internet references. This book is essential to all scientists involved in the grant writing process.
Key Features:
* Considers the reviewer's perspective
* Detailed presentation of the review process
* All sections of the R01 proposal are reviewed
* Hundreds of tips to enhance proposals
* Includes the many recent changes in NIH policies
* Includes many excerpts from real proposals
* Provides extensive Internet references
Benefits:
* Increased competitiveness
* Better priority scores
* Less chance of triage
* Increased award rates
* Uses the system to advantage
* Reveals strategies used by the "old pros"

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Highly recommended:

A must for anyone who fishes for money/grant for research. Great asset and provides immense help and support for developing grant writing skill

Timeless advice but needs a technology update:

I read this book after writing an NIH (National Institutes of Health) grant and I was able to go back and improve a number of substantive aspects of my application before I submitted it. Since this third edition was published, however, NIH has gone fully electronic in its grants application process and there is no description of how to navigate and use the mandatory online tools such as grants.gov, the PureEdge viewer and the eRA Commons. There are a number of gotchas in these tools and processes that can... more info

Best book for NIH style grants:

"Research Proposals" is the best book I have found for teaching and/or writing research grants aimed at an NIH audience or related. I have used it for 10 years now in a grant writing class for graduate students and still take the book down and look over certain chapters before sitting down to write my own grants. The book is clearly organized into chapters dealing with each section of the grant and gives very solid and clear advise on the purpose of each section and ways to make each section strong and... more info

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