Grant writing Midterm summer

Question 1

Research grants

Answer 1

provide money to an investigator for a specific research study.

Question 2

training and educational grants

Answer 2

can be used to implement new graduate programs, revising curriculum and recruiting students into special programs

Question 3

demonstration grants

Answer 3

evaluate a model program, services or methodology

Question 4

Agency

Answer 4

funding source or sponsor

Question 5

call for proposals

Answer 5

a notice of an opportunity to submit a proposal on a specific topic

Question 6

competition

Answer 6

a grant program for which a call of proposals has been issued

Question 7

funding preferences

Answer 7

you are addressing what they want

Question 8

funding priority

Answer 8

your score will be adjusted up

Question 9

special considerations

Answer 9

reviewers can add points

Question 10

grantee

Answer 10

is the institution or individual who submits the grant and receives the award

Question 11

grantor

Answer 11

is the agency or sponsor providing the grant funds

Question 12

principal investigator

Answer 12

PI—refers to the person who provides the scientific oversight and integrity of the proposed grant activity

Question 13

program officer

Answer 13

federal employee

Question 14

funding cycle

Answer 14

due dates of applications

Question 15

Major Sources

Answer 15

1. federal agencies
2. private foundations
3. professional organizations
4. private industry

Question 16

IRB

Answer 16

institutional review board and the purpose is to protect humans. Subject right and welfare and benefits outweigh risks

Question 17

Interviews

Answer 17

phone, and face to face

Question 18

surveys

Answer 18

list of targeted questions sent out to specific group of people

Question 19

focus groups

Answer 19

is a form of qualitative research, that you obtain information about feelings, perceptions etc.

Question 20

observation

Answer 20

observing people or a certain behavior in their environment

Question 21

systematic

Answer 21

review of literature

Question 22

Objectives (who)

Answer 22

percentage of population

Question 23

objectives (what)

Answer 23

KASB (increase, decrease)

Question 24

objectives (how much)

Answer 24

magnitude of change

Question 25

objectives (when)

Answer 25

time frame

Question 26

objectives (how measured)

Answer 26

observations, survey, interview

Question 27

concept papers

Answer 27

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

Question 28

titles

Answer 28

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)

Question 29

letter of

Answer 29

intent

Question 30

abstracts

Answer 30

summary and is written at the end and put at the beginning of documents

Question 31

2 x 2 x 2 rule

Answer 31

2 drafts of ideas, 2 drafts for revision, 2 drafts for final edit

Question 32

fatal flaws

Answer 32

A fundamental problem in the research design that results in the inability to find meaningful and valid results

Question 33

Reliability

Answer 33

The degree to which it can be depended on as accurate

“consistency”

Question 34

validity

Answer 34

are you measuring what you are truly trying to measure

Question 35

CBPR

Answer 35

Rules of grantsmanship-community based participatory research