Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index.
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Getting started -- Authorship from start to finish -- Basic organization and effective communication -- Developing your conceptual framework and significance section -- A title may be more important than you think -- The project summary guides the reader -- Objectives, hypotheses, and specific aims : an exhaustive list is exhausting -- Lay the foundation in the introduction -- Experimental design and methods : what will you actually do? -- Plan for expected and unexpected results -- A reality check with the timeline and project management plan -- References in detail : how many and how recent? -- Preparing a budget -- Submitting and tracking your proposal -- The three R's : rethink, revise, and resubmit -- Funding innovative research through private foundations -- Team science for tackling complex problems -- Ethics and research.
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From the Publisher: This fully revised edition of the authoritative guide to science proposal writing is an essential tool for any researcher embarking on a grant or thesis application. In accessible steps, the authors detail every stage of proposal writing, from conceiving and designing a project to analyzing data, synthesizing results, estimating a budget, and addressing reviewer comments and resubmitting. This new edition is updated to address changes and developments over the past decade, including identifying opportunities and navigating the challenging proposal funding environment. The only how-to book of its kind, it includes exercises to help readers stay on track as they develop their grant proposals and is designed for those in the physical, life, environmental, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as engineering.