Witten by well-respected editors with proven success in grant writing, this book will provide comprehensive advice on how to build a successful grant proposal, from the top down and from the bottom up. The book provides advice on planning, executing, submitting, and revising grant proposals in order to maximize their chances of success. Features: * Explores general strategies and tactics including laying the groundwork, follow-up, attracting colleagues to participate, revisions, and resubmissions * Examines key mistakes that grant-proposers often make and offers suggestions for how to avoid them * Includes tips for writing specific proposal for various agencies
Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He formerly was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale. His BA is from Yale summa cum laude and his PhD is from Stanford. He also holds 13 honorary doctorates. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sternberg has been cited over 150,000 times and is among the most frequently cited authors in psychology textbooks. He is the winner of the APS Williams James Award and the APS James McKeen Cattell Award and of the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology. He is married to Karin Sternberg and has five children: Seth, Sara, Samuel, Brittany, and Melody.
1. Securing a Research Grant - Robert Sternberg 2. Guide to Professional Begging - Emilie Rissman 3. Mistakes That Grant Proposers Make - Robert Levenson 4. It's Not Just the Science: Navigating the National Institutes of Health Application Process - Robin A. Barr 5. Navigating the Grant Process at the National Institutes of Health - William Riley, Tracy Waldeck, Lisa Onken 6. Writing a Grant Proposal for the National Institiutes of Health: Generalities and Specifics - Howard Eichenbaum 7. Applying for a Research Grant From the National Institutes of Health: A Primer - Nathan Fox 9. Writing a Grant Proposal for the National Science Foundation - John Dovidio, Louis Penner, Terrance Albrecht 10. Obtaining Department of Defense Funding for Research in the Behavioral Sciences - Susan Chipman 11. Writing Grant Proposals for Military Agencies - Eduardo Salas, Marissa Shuffler 12. Preparing Institute of Education Sciences Applications: There's (Almost) an App for That - Lynn Okagaki 13. Securing Support for High-Quality Scientific Research and Development in Educational Sciences - Eva Baker 14. Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio: The Role of Private funders - Susan Fitzpatrick, M. Dolezalek 15. Seeking Funding From Private Foundations - Morton Gernsbacher 16. Funding Opportunities at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Cynthia Null, Bettina Beard 17. Building a Strong Institutional Research Training Program - Jon Atherton, Nathan Hansen, Jeannette Ickovics 18. Interdisciplinary and Interinstitutional Collaboration on Research Grants: Hard but Fun! - Denise Park 8. While You're Up, Get Me a Grant! Grantsmanship From the Perspective of a Retired National Science Foundation Grant Giver - Joseph L. Young
"...this book provides comprehensive advice on planning, executing, submitting, and revising grant proposals to maximize chances for success.... Summing Up: Highly Recommended." -- J.J. Harrison * CHOICE *
