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Grant Writing, **References Hofmann A. 2019. Writing in the Biologoical…

- - - - Summary of entire proposal.
        Contains the highlights from each section of the paper.
        Contains the statement of need
        
        Specific Aims
        
        Background
        
        Subsections:
        Background/known
        Unknown/problem/need
        Aim/hypothesis
        Summary
        
        Contains context on the current state of the topic.
        
        Convince reader that once the aims are achieved there will be significant impact on the major problems.
        
        Research design
        
        Subsections:
        Rationale/hypothesis
        Experimental design
        Analysis
        Expected Results
        Alternative strategies (not required)
        
        Provide explicit detail on the proposed approach of the research.
        This should be attainable.
        This is the longest part of the proposal and will receive the most scrutiny.
        
        1 more item...
        
        Impact & Significance
        
        Additional contents
        
        2 more items...
        
        End the proposal with broad impact statement.
        State the significance of the overall project
        Focus on how this research will benefit human beings
        
        List the specific aims in precise language
        
        Should be written in a list rather than a paragraph.
        Each point can be followed by a paragraph for elaboration.
        The paragraphs contain hypotheses, preliminary results and expected outcomes.
    - - Put an emphasis on the first and last sentences of the paper, making sure key terms are used.
        
        The last sentence should contain the impact/significance statements
        
        First sentence should be short but powerful to pull in the audience
    - - Background
        Unknown problem/statement of need
        Overall objective of the proposal
        General strategy
        Significance/impact
- - - - Questions to answer
        
        Why this project?
        Why you?
        Why at your institution?
        Why this sponsor?
        Why now?
    - - Institutions usually have guidelines for the formats of proposals. Since there are many people seeking funding, proposals that do not adhere to the guidelines are often rejected early.