How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application
A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 252 pages
978-0-306-44965-9 (ISBN)
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The Department of Health and Human Services has identified Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as the foremost public health problem in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that, as of December 31, 1994, there were 441,528 documented cases of AIDS in this country, and the number is increasing. AIDS is an illness characterized by a defect in natural immunity against disease. Many more individuals are known to be infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) but do not have symptoms or the defming characteristics of AIDS. The incubation period for AIDS may range from 1 to 10 or more years in adults and 6 months to several years in children. Infected persons appear to be capable of transmitting infection indefinitely, even if they remain asymptomatic. In order to increase the number of minority investigators conducting research on HIV infection and 1 AIDS, NIMH conducted a 3h-day technical workshop for minority investigators on July 24-27. 1990, in Fairlakes, Virginia. University-based research programs were asked to nominate investigators who were selected on the basis of a referred 1 0-page prospectus for a proposed research project. This procedure was used because NIMH wanted to be sure that the prospective investigators were established in a research environment that would pr
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
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Dimensions
Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
1090 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-44965-9 (9780306449659)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-2393-9
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A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists
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Content
Federal Commitment to Support Minority and Women Researchers.- The Role of Community Service Groups in Research.- 1 Establishing a Research Program in Response to a Public Health Crisis.- 2 Program Announcements and Requests for Applications: Signals to the Field.- 3 Grantsmanship: A View from Inside and Out.- 4 The Review Process.- 5 Selecting the Appropriate Research Mechanism.- 6 Selecting Issues and Hypotheses for a Research Proposal.- 7 Reading between the Lines of Your Summary Statement.- 8 The Award Process.- 9 Developing a Theoretical Framework and Rationale for a Research Proposal.- 10 How Do You Formulate a Testable Exciting Hypothesis?.- 11 Qualitative Inquiry: An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research.- 12 Designing an Intervention Study.- 13 Instrumentation: Off the Shelf or on Your Own.- 14 Integrating Psychological and Immunological Variables 1..- 15 Institutional Review Boards and Special Human Subjects Issues in AIDS Research.- 16 Developing a Résumé and Presenting a Staff.- 17 Developing the Data Analytic Plan.- 18 Developing a Budget and Financial Justification.- 19 How to Deliver a Sensational Scientific Talk.- 20 Developing a More Viewable Visual Presentation.- Information on the Authors.- Appendix A: Data Analytic Plan.- Appendix B: Budget Justification.- Appendix C: Charts, Timelines, and Other Visual Aids.