Guide to Effective Grant Writing How to Write a Successful NIH Grant

Getting funding from the NIH for research is one of the most important skills required of all academic researchers, and here, Otto O. Yang offers a fully updated second edition to his straightforward, common-sense Guide to Effective Grant Writing. Yang sh

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Otto O. Yang

Guide to Effective Grant Writing How to Write a Successful NIH Grant Application Second Edition

Otto O. Yang, MD Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases UCLA Medical Center Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-1-4614-1580-0 ISBN 978-1-4614-1581-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1581-7 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011945109 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Den-Mei Hsu Yang, who brightened so many lives and unconditionally supported my every endeavor, and whose own life ended too soon, and my father, Wen-Kuang Yang, whose dedication to science continues to inspire me.

Foreword

The bane of academic existence is grant writing, now more than ever given new economic realities that change an already challenging landscape. Yet without grants most of us would not be able to continue to ply our trade. With this enormous importance of grants, it is surprising that we are so well trained to do research, with so little attention given to grant writing, which is the lifeblood of academic research. Help became available with the first publicat