Writing Successful Science Proposals

✍ Scribed by Andrew J. Friedland, Carol L. Folt, Jennifer L. Mercer

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An authoritative how-to guide that explains every aspect of science proposal writing. 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
A Note to the Reader......Page 15
Chapter 1. Getting Started......Page 20
Chapter 2. Authorship from Start to Finish......Page 38
Chapter 3. Basic Organization and Effective Communication......Page 52
Chapter 4. Developing Your Conceptual Framework and Significance Section......Page 65
Chapter 5. A Title May Be More Important Than You Think......Page 81
Chapter 6. The Project Summary Guides the Reader......Page 92
Chapter 7. Objectives, Hypotheses, and Specific Aims: An Exhaustive List Is Exhausting......Page 116
Chapter 8. Lay the Foundation in the Introduction......Page 131
Chapter 9. Experimental Design and Methods: What Will You Actually Do?......Page 148
Chapter 10. Plan for Expected and Unexpected Results......Page 167
Chapter 11. A Reality Check with the Timeline and Project Management Plan......Page 178
Chapter 12. References in Detail: How Many and How Recent?......Page 189
Chapter 13. Preparing a Budget......Page 199
Chapter 14. Submitting and Tracking Your Proposal......Page 210
Chapter 15. The Three R’s: Rethink, Revise, and Resubmit......Page 218
Chapter 16. Funding Innovative Research through Private Foundations......Page 226
Chapter 17. Team Science for Tackling Complex Problems......Page 243
Chapter 18. Ethics and Research......Page 257
References and Resources......Page 266
C......Page 272
F......Page 273
I......Page 274
N......Page 275
P......Page 276
R......Page 278
S......Page 279
W......Page 280

✦ Subjects

Writing, Science Proposals