Grant applications swamp agency

Preparing effective grant applications.

The abstract and specific aims (described below) sections, two of the most important components of any grant application, must provide a cohesive framework for the application. The abstract provides an outline of the proposed research for the funding agency and the reviewers. Despite the fact that the abstract comes before the research plan in the physical document and is probably read before t...

Writing successful grant applications for preclinical studies.

The most common source of funding for grant proposals in the field of biology in the United States is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and many local agencies are utilized by many investigators. An insight into the NIH guidelines and procedures is provided by an NIH Web site: http:// grants.nih.gov/grants/grant tips.htm. Based on m...

Grant applications with a result-based orientation.

A comparison of subgroup analyses in grant applications and publications.

In this paper, the authors compare subgroup analyses as outlined in grant applications and their related publications. Grants awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) from 2001 onward that were finalized before March 1, 2010, were studied. Of the 79 grant proposals, 50 (63%) were intervention studies, 18 (23%) were diagnostic studies, and 6 (8%) were p...

The Delphi process: a solution for reviewing novel grant applications

INTRODUCTION Traditional scientific review processes are not well suited for evaluating the merits of research in situations where the available scientific evidence is limited and if review panels have widely divergent opinions. This study tested whether a Delphi process is useful in grant selection. MATERIALS AND METHOD A Delphi process prioritized novel research proposals in pancreatic canc...