How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application

Federal Commitment to Support Minority and Women Researchers.- The Role of Community Service Groups in Research.- 1 Establishing a Research Program in Response to a Public Health Crisis.- 2 Program Announcements and Requests for Applications: Signals to the Field.- 3 Grantsmanship: A View from Inside and Out.- 4 The Review Process.- 5 Selecting the Appropriate Research Mechanism.- 6 Selecting Issues and Hypotheses for a Research Proposal.- 7 Reading between the Lines of Your Summary Statement.- 8 The Award Process.- 9 Developing a Theoretical Framework and Rationale for a Research Proposal.- 10 How Do You Formulate a Testable Exciting Hypothesis?.- 11 Qualitative Inquiry: An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research.- 12 Designing an Intervention Study.- 13 Instrumentation: Off the Shelf or on Your Own.- 14 Integrating Psychological and Immunological Variables 1..- 15 Institutional Review Boards and Special Human Subjects Issues in AIDS Research.- 16 Developing a Résumé and Presenting a Staff.- 17 Developing the Data Analytic Plan.- 18 Developing a Budget and Financial Justification.- 19 How to Deliver a Sensational Scientific Talk.- 20 Developing a More Viewable Visual Presentation.- Information on the Authors.- Appendix A: Data Analytic Plan.- Appendix B: Budget Justification.- Appendix C: Charts, Timelines, and Other Visual Aids.