Grant Writing Resources

Proposal Writing Resources

• “First Step” – Internal Review of Specific Aims page
• Grant Proposal Training
• Grant writing seminars
• Books to borrow from FDD office on grantsmanship and research
• Templates for sections of a grant proposal:
  • Laboratory animal science description
  • Protection of human subjects
  • Core facilities
  • Faculty development resources
  • Preparing the vertebrate animal section
  • Budget template
  • % effort to calendar months converter

Administrative Support for Grant Submission

• BU & BMC grant application information
• BUSM Office of Proposal Development
• BUSM Office of Sponsored Programs
• BMC Grants Administration
• Offices supporting research at BU
• Office of Research Compliance
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
• Clinical Research Resources Office
• Biostatistics consulting
• InfoEd eRA Portal for submission through BMC

Support for Clinical Research

• Clinical Research Resources Office
• General Clinical Research Unit
• Project Consulting
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Research Informatics and Technology Consultation Service
  • Data Management
• Resources for Clinical Research
• Tools (software for data management, clinical trials, surveys, databases)
• Translational Research

External courses and advice

• Emelia J. Benjamin, Boston University School of Medicine:
  • Study Section Reviewers’ Top 10 Tips
  • NHLBI & AHA Funding and Grant Writing
    Study Section Reviewer’s Top 10 Tips
• Randy Brutkiewicz, Indiana University:
  • Understanding and Dealing with Grant Review Panel Comments
• R. Todd Constable, Yale School of Medicine:
  • How to Write a Successful R01 (January 2010)
• Grant Training Center at Bentley University
• Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship blog:
  • Introduction to the NIH for Early Career Stage Investigators
  • Preparing Competitive NIH Applications for Enhanced Peer Review
• Robert Porter, proposal development at Virginia Tech:
  • Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Grant Proposals
  • What Do Grant Reviewers Really Want, Anyway?
  • Writing Successful Grants
• NIH Strategies for Writing Effective Training and Research Plans
• NIAID Funding Web site:
  • Sample Applications and Summary Statements
  • Annotated R01 Grant Application 2005
• Otto Yang and Patrick Miller, NIH grant experts
• Wendy Sanders, University of Maryland:
  • Writing an NIH Grant in 2010
• Science Magazine: How to get funding
• UCLA:
  • Navigating the Changes to the NIH Application Instructions (January 25, 2010)
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston:
  • Ten Tips for Writing Challenge Grants
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
  • The Original How to Write a Research Grant Application (March 31, 1999)
• Brian R. Wamhoff, University of Virginia:
  • Grant Writing 101: The American Heart Association
• Roberta White, Boston University School of Public Health:
  • How to Write Specific Aims (June 6, 2011)

NIH guides for restructured applications

• Academic Research Enhancement Award or R15 Program
• Age distribution of NIH principal investigators
• Enhanced Review Criteria for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding
• Instructions for FY2011
• New NIH grant format discussion
• NIH grant writing tips
• NIH peer review revealed
• NIH grant cycle: application to renewal
• Overall Impact versus Significance
• Page limits
• Review Criteria at a Glance (for parent announcements)
• Sample R01 applications and summary statements
• Scoring System and Procedure