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FACILITATES WRITING SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS OF SUBSTANCE, CLARITY, AND CONVICTION With an in-depth focus on writing with substance, clarity, and conviction, this comprehensive resource takes the reader step by step through the entire process of writing and submitting a successful proposal. Written by preeminent authors and educators with extensive experience in teaching proposal and grant writing to nurses and other health care professionals, the book discusses how to create proposals for dissertations, capstone projects, research funding, fellowships, and career development awards, as well as for educational training, translational research, evidence-based practice, and demonstration projects. Using a clear, commonsense approach, it delineates the foundations and underlying structure of a well-written proposal and then focuses on the specific elements required for each different type of proposal. The book provides readers with the tools to help them think through what they want to do and describe it clearly and succinctlyóavoiding unnecessary information that does not support the intent of their proposal. It discusses selecting a problem, developing an argument, and describing the aims of the project; showing the significance of the problem and describing the conceptualization and innovative aspects of the work; detailing the approach or research design and methods; composing the title and abstract; describing budgetary considerations; and preparing ancillary materials. The book also includes worksheets to help readers personalize the information for their particular project. Instructions on how to synthesize the relevant literature for a study is presented in helpful case examples. The book also addresses the processes of writing and submitting a grant, its review, and possible resubmission. It will be highly useful as a text in master's-level, DNP, and PhD research courses; doctoral seminars, for instructors who advise students on proposal development; and for practitioners who are interested in developing evidence-based practice. KEY FEATURES: Provides abundant tools for writing proposals of substance, clarity, and conviction Takes readers step by step through the process of writing a great variety of proposals Facilitates clear thinking and to-the-point writing Includes worksheets to help readers personalize information for their particular project Provides formats required for all federal grant proposals About the Authors: Sandra G. Funk, PhD, FAAN, is a professor emerita of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught research methods, statistics, and grant writing to master's and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and faculty, and co-teaches with Elizabeth M. Tornquist a program on grant writing. As associate dean for Research and director of the Research Support Center for many years, Dr. Funk led the school's research mission and mentored faculty on design, measurement, proposal development, and research management. She also consults with other universities in these areas. She has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on over $6 million in research funding and served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies for over a decade. Her research interests, grants, and publications, which number over 100, focus on various aspects of applied measurement and research utilization and facilitation. Elizabeth M. Tornquist, MA, FAAN, has been a faculty member of the Schools of Nursing and Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently a visiting lecturer at the College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has taught scientific writing for nearly 40 years and has conducted numerous workshops for university faculty, health care clinicians, and scientists in industry on writing grant proposals, research and technical reports, and articles for publication. She is nationally known as an editor and has helped scientists from many disciplines write fundable grant proposals and publishable articles. In addition, she has authored two books and dozens of articles, and she co-edited three books in addition to those written with Dr. Funk. Together, Dr. Funk and Ms. Tornquist have taught proposal writing courses and grant-writing institutes; been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Division of Nursing, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; developed a research utilization model; published a dozen refereed articles and edited six books (five of which were honored with AJN Book of the Year awards and two of which were republished in other languages).

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Author:   Sandra Funk, PhD, FAAN ,  Elizabeth Tornquist
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9780826122728

ISBN 10:   0826122728
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface SECTION I: PREPARING A PROPOSAL 1. Introduction Your Goals Funding Trajectories Finding Funding Learn About the Funder Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Contacting the Agency Read the Proposal Guidelines Aids 2. Rationale for the Proposed Work Conceptualizing the Search Identifying the Relevant Literature Deciding What to Read Reading and Analyzing the Literature Synthesizing the Literature to Make the Case for Your Study or Project The Problem The Work Done on the Problem Shortcomings in the Work Done to Date Developing a Conceptual Framework 3. Design and Methods Basic Methods Overview Preliminary Work Setting(s) Sample Intervention Control or Comparison Group Variables and Their Measurement Procedures Plans for Data Management and Analysis Wrap Up SECTION II: TYPES OF PROPOSALS 4. PhD Proposals The Traditional Approach Three Different Approaches The NRSA Proposal The Traditional Proposal in Two Chapters A Different Three-Chapter Approach Developing the Proposal 5. NIH Research Grant Proposals SF424 (R&R) Application Guidelines Structure Required Minutiae Review Criteria (Briefly) Writing the NIH Research Application Introduction Specific Aims Research Strategy Summary 6. Fellowship Proposals National Research Service Awards Research Training Training Sponsor and Co-Sponsor Information Additional Educational Information Letters of Reference Summary 7. Career Development Award Proposals National Institutes of Health Candidate Information Statements and Letters of Support Environment and Institutional Commitment Research Letters of Reference Other NIH K Awards 8. Translational Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Demonstration Project Proposals Translational Research Purpose and Structure Writing the Proposal Evidence-Based Practice Projects Purpose and Structure Writing the Proposal Demonstration Projects 9. Educational Training Grant Proposals Introduction Need Target Population Program Evaluation Organizational Capacity Detailed Work Plan Sustainability and Replicability Statutory Funding Preference Meeting the Review Criteria SECTION III: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS 10. Title and Abstract Creating a Coherent Title Titles for Research Proposals Titles for Educational Training Grant Proposals Writing an Effective Abstract Writing the Project Narrative 11. Biographical Information NIH Biosketch Information Biosketch for Research Grant Proposals Biosketch for Career Development (K) Award Proposals Biosketch for Fellowship Proposals Biographical Information for Non-NIH Proposals 12. Budget Introduction Research Budget Budget Justification Modular Budgets Career Development Award (CDA) Budgets Fellowship Budgets Small Research Grant Budgets Educational Training Project Budgets Approvals Review Conclusion 13. Supplementary Materials Protection of Human Subjects Data and Safety Monitoring Inclusion of Women and Minorities Planned Enrollment Report Inclusion of Children Vertebrate Animals Select Agent Research Multiple PI/PD Leadership Plan Consortium/Contractual Arrangements Letters of Support Resource Sharing Plans (or Plans for Dissemination of Model and Findings) Facilities and Other Resources (Including Equipment) Bibliography and References Cited Appendices For Research, Career Development Award, and Fellowship Proposals For HRSA Grant Proposals For Other Proposals SECTION IV: DEVELOPING, SUBMITTING, AND REVIEWING PROPOSALS: NEXT STEPS 14. Developing the Proposal: Start to Finish Planning a Timeline for Submission Publishing Preliminary Work Developing a Team Finding Settings Writing the Proposal Finding Time to Write Developing Purpose and Aims Developing the Rationale for the Study Writing About Methods Developing the Budget and Other Materials Revising the Proposal Reviews and Further Revisions 15. Submission and Review of the Proposal Submission Approvals—Get Them! Cover Letter Review Receipt and Assignment of the Proposal Informing the Possible Funder The Review: Who, How, and When? Waiting for the Feedback Getting and Surviving the Feedback 16. Next Steps Analyzing the Reviews of a Proposal Deciding What to Do Next Resubmitting the Proposal Getting Funded or Approved for Implementation Getting “The Word ” Doing What You Said You Would Do Reporting and Publishing Index

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Sandra G. Funk, PhD, FAAN, is a professor emerita of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Elizabeth M. Tornquist, MA, FAAN, has been a faculty member of the Schools of Nursing and Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently a visiting lecturer at the College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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