The grant application writer's workbook. National Science Foundation, FastLane version /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell, S. W. (Stephen W.) (Author), Morrison, David C., 1941- (Author)
Corporate Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.) (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Buellton, CA : Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, LLC, [2017]
Edition:01/2017 edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Before you begin to write
  • What you need to know about NSF and its funding of research
  • How to develop and optimize the idea for your grant application
  • How to choose the appropriate funding opportunity & grant mechanism for your idea
  • Preliminary proposals
  • FastLane or Grants.gov for preparation and submission of your proposal?
  • Merit review principles and criteria; tips on how to write for reviewers
  • Template/Master plan for your proposal
  • Overview and objectives section
  • Writing the overview and objectives section
  • Expected significance section
  • How to maximize your application's programmatic relevance to NSF
  • Developing the rest of your application
  • Relation to the principal investigator's longer-term goals
  • Research plan - narrative description of what will be done
  • Background - review of relevant literature, results from prior NSF support, preliminary studies - and references cited sections
  • Relation to other work in progress
  • Broader impacts of the proposed work
  • Budget and budget justification
  • Current and pending support section
  • Biographical sketch
  • Facilities, equipment and other resources section
  • Data management plan, posdoctoral researcher mentoring plan, letters of collaboration, and appendices
  • Maximizing the competitiveness of your proposal. Pre-submission review
  • How to create an eye-catching title for your proposal
  • How to write the project summary; proprietary/privileged information
  • Index.