Grant Writing Resources

Review Process/NIH Funding Opportunities

Reviewer evaluation criteria - Peer Review Process

• Peer Review Policies and Practices (Office of Extramural Research, NIH): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/
• VIDEO: NIH Peer Review Revealed ( NIH): http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2010/06/nih_peer_review_revealed.html
• "The Peer Review Process" (NIH Center for Scientific Review): http://cms.csr.nih.gov/aboutcsr/overviewofpeerreviewprocess.htm
• Peer Review Notes (NIH Center for Scientific Review): http://cms.csr.nih.gov/newsandreports/peerreviewnotes/
• "What Applicants Need to Know Now" VIDEO - (NIH): http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/application_changes_video.html
• "Overview of Peer Review Enhancements" VIDEO - (NIH): http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/video_overview.html
• Part 8: Assignment and Review (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part08.aspx
• Part 9: Second-Level Review (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part09.aspx
• Part 10: Funding Decisions (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part10.aspx
• Chalupa's "Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants" http://www.gwumc.edu/dc-cfar/download/chalupa%20article.pdf

Literature Review

• Literature Review Tutorial (American University Library): http://www.library.american.edu/Help/tutorials/lit_review/index.html
• Write a Literature Review (UC Santa Cruz): http://library.ucsc.edu/help/howto/write-a-literature-review
• Writing a Short Literature Review - William Ashton (York College): http://www.york.cuny.edu/~washton/student/Org-Behavior/lit_rev_eg.pdf
• The Literature Review: A few tips on Conducting it - Dena Taylor (U Toronto): http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/literature-review
• Writer's Handbook: Learn how to write a review of literature (The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison): http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html

Research Question, Specific Aims, Hypothesis

Developing a Research Question

• Developing a Research Question - Empire State College (SUNY): http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/0/f87fd7182f0ff21c852569c2005a47b7
• Part 3: Define your Project (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part03.aspx
• Laying the Groundwork for Your Research Plan (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/newsletter/2010/pages/1027.aspx#f01
• "Developing great research questions" - Earlene E. Lipowski: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FosteringYoungInvestigators/AJHPResearchFundamentalsSeries/Developinggreatresearchquestions.aspx
• Creating a Research Question (Table) - Salisbury University http://www.salisbury.edu/library/instruction/docs/researchquestion.pdf
• "Developing the Research Question: From Interest to Science" - Samuel R. Mathews: http://uwf.edu/smathews/documents/DevelopingtheResearchQuestion.pp_000.ppt

Hypothesis & Specific Aims

• Research Resources: Writing Specific Aims (ASHP Foundation): http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/ResearchResources/ResearchResourcesWritingSpecificAims.aspx
• Part 3: Define Your Project - Create a Solid Hypothesis (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part03.aspx#e

Background and Significance

• PPT: Background and Significance - Lars Berglund (UC Davis Health System ): http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ome/MCRTP/docs/Grant%20writing%20course%202006%20final.ppt
• Writing the Background and Significance Section http://casaa.unm.edu/download/Background%20and%20Significance.pdf

Methods and Analysis

Experimental Design and Methods

• Study Designs - Centre for Evidence Based Medicine: http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1039#control
• Part 5: Research Plan (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part05.aspx
• "Overview of clinical research design" - Daniel M. Hartung and Daniel Touchette: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FosteringYoungInvestigators/AJHPResearchFundamentalsSeries/HartungArticle.aspx
• "Validity and reliability of measurement instruments used in research" - Carole L. Kimberlin and Almut G. Winterstein: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FosteringYoungInvestigators/AJHPResearchFundamentalsSeries/KimberlinArticle.aspx
• "Bias: Considerations for research practice" - Tobias Gerhard: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FosteringYoungInvestigators/AJHPResearchFundamentalsSeries/Bias.aspx
• "Intervention design, implementation and evaluation" - Lourdes G. Planas: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FosteringYoungInvestigators/AJHPResearchFundamentalsSeries/Planasarticle.aspx
• 3 presentations - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: http://media.ashp.org/foundation/qprpart1/index.html
• "Polishing the Methods and Analysis Section of Your Research Grant" - Dan Gaylin (PBRN Methodology Peer Learning Group): http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/document/792980/application_vnd_ms-powerpoint?qid=43233250&rank=1

Grant Writing Tips, Budget, NIH Forms

Writing tips

• Start Writing Your Application (NIAID Funding Blog): http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/NIAIDFunding/2011/01/start-writing-your-application/
• Create an Appealing, Blemish-Free Application (NIAID Funding Blog): http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/NIAIDFunding/2011/02/create-an-appealing-blemish-free-application/
• Finishing Touches for Your Application (NIAID Funding Blog): http://blog.citizen.apps.gov/NIAIDFunding/2011/03/finishing-touches-for-your-application/
• Part 5: Research Plan - Write Your Title (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part05.aspx#a5a
• Part 6: Other Application Sections - Project Summary/Abstract and Project Narrative (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part06.aspx#b3

Budget

• PI Salary Cap and Stipends (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/paybud/pages/salarystip.aspx
• Part 6: Other Application Sections - Create Your Budget (NIAID): http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part06.aspx#b6c
• "Preparing a Budget to fit your Basic Science Program" PowerPoint - Diana Gualdoni (Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine): http://erm.wustl.edu/Gualdoni_ERM_presentation_3.26.08.pdf

Forms

• SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission Information (NIH Office of Extramural Research): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm

Applying for grants

• Part 1: Qualifying for a Grant (NIAID) http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part01.aspx
• NIH Grant Cycle: http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/cycle/pages/part00.aspx
• R01 Planning to Award Timeline (NIAID) : http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/pages/timelinerev.aspx

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Mentoring Resources

Mentoring Programs

• HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (University of California, San Diego): http://hnrc.hivresearch.ucsd.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:mentored-investigator&catid=41:education-training&Itemid=75
• Biomedical Faces of Science: Find a Mentor: http://www.biomedicalfacesofscience.com/find-mentor/find-mentor.htm
• Network of Minority Research Investigators (NIDDK): http://nmri.niddk.nih.gov/mentor/index.aspx
• The American Society for Cell Biology Minority Affairs Committee Mentoring Program: http://www.ascb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=570&Itemid=6
• Center for AIDS Research (UC San Francisco) Mentoring Program Workshop Series: http://cfar.ucsf.edu/cfar?page=education-mentor-workshops

Mentoring Articles/Presentations

• Things to Do Together: Mentor-Mentee Meetings (NIH): http://trainingcenter.nih.gov/PDF/mentoring/Things_to_do_together.pdf
• Mentoring: A Guide for Drug Abuse Researchers (NIDA): http://drugabuse.gov/mentoringguide/chapter1.html
  http://drugabuse.gov/mentoringguide/MentoringGuide.pdf
• Developing a Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/publications/mentoring-plans/mentoring-plan
• Becoming a Strong Clinician-Investigator Mentor (31st Annual SGIM Meeting): http://www.sgim.org/userfiles/file/AMHandouts/AM08/WE06%20BECOMING%20A%20STRONG%20CLINICIAN-INVESTIGATOR%20MENTOR.pdf
• Momentous Mentoring of Women Scientists: http://www.ascb.org/files/1004wicb.pdf
• Science Buddies: How to Find a Mentor: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/top_science-fair_mentors.shtml
• Mentoring Scientists: An Ethical Dilemma: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2002_03_29/noDOI.9019209653569903361
• Training for Research in Mental Health and HIV/AIDS Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: Meeting the Needs of New Investigators: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2008.135996v1
• Key Issues in Mentoring in HIV Prevention and Mental Health for New Investigators From Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/reprint/99/S1/S87
• The POD: A New Model for Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Faculty: http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2006/03000/The_POD__A_New_Model_for_Mentoring.14.aspx

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