Grant writing Midterm summer Flashcards
learn the terms
Research grants
provide money to an investigator for a specific research study.
training and educational grants
can be used to implement new graduate programs, revising curriculum and recruiting students into special programs
demonstration grants
evaluate a model program, services or methodology
Agency
funding source or sponsor
call for proposals
a notice of an opportunity to submit a proposal on a specific topic
competition
a grant program for which a call of proposals has been issued
funding preferences
you are addressing what they want
funding priority
your score will be adjusted up
special considerations
reviewers can add points
grantee
is the institution or individual who submits the grant and receives the award
grantor
is the agency or sponsor providing the grant funds
principal investigator
PI—refers to the person who provides the scientific oversight and integrity of the proposed grant activity
program officer
federal employee
funding cycle
due dates of applications
Major Sources
- federal agencies
- private foundations
- professional organizations
- private industry
IRB
institutional review board and the purpose is to protect humans. Subject right and welfare and benefits outweigh risks
Interviews
phone, and face to face
surveys
list of targeted questions sent out to specific group of people
focus groups
is a form of qualitative research, that you obtain information about feelings, perceptions etc.
observation
observing people or a certain behavior in their environment
systematic
review of literature
Objectives (who)
percentage of population
objectives (what)
KASB (increase, decrease)
objectives (how much)
magnitude of change
objectives (when)
time frame
objectives (how measured)
observations, survey, interview
concept papers
Provides an overview of the project, and helps funding agencies eliminate proposals that are likely to be disapproved. Serves as a foundation of the full proposal. Helps determine whether a certain project is feasible or not. It is used to pique the interest of potential funding agencies. Used to obtain informal feedback on the ideas
titles
The title should describe the main idea or primary theme of the project so that it immediately orients reviewers to your application; should not be so brief that it says nothing, nor so long that a reviewer has to work to figure out what it means (NIH=less than 81 characters)
letter of
intent
abstracts
summary and is written at the end and put at the beginning of documents
2 x 2 x 2 rule
2 drafts of ideas, 2 drafts for revision, 2 drafts for final edit
fatal flaws
A fundamental problem in the research design that results in the inability to find meaningful and valid results
Reliability
The degree to which it can be depended on as accurate
“consistency”
validity
are you measuring what you are truly trying to measure
CBPR
Rules of grantsmanship-community based participatory research