The Grant Writer’s Handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed provides useful and practical advice on all aspects of proposal writing, including developing proposal ideas, drafting the proposal, dealing with referees, and budgeting. The authors base their advice on many years of experience writing and reviewing proposals in many different countries at various levels of scientific maturity. The book describes the numerous kinds of awards available from funding agencies, in particular large collaborative grants involving a number of investigators, and addresses the practical impact of a grant, which is often required of proposals. In addition, information is provided about selection of reviewers and the mechanics of organizing a research grant competition to give the proposal writer the necessary background information. The book includes key comments from a number of experts and is essential reading for anyone writing a research grant proposal.Contents:Introduction The Research Idea The Review Process Drafting the Proposal Re-Drafting the Proposal Partnerships Impact Referencing, Plagiarism and Intellectual Property The Budget Addressing Reviewers Comments Special Grant Competitions Managing the Award Organizing a Research Proposal Competition General Advice/Guidance on Grant Writing: Links Readership: Graduate students and researchers looking to obtain and manage research grants. Keywords:Research Grant;Proposal;Funding;Reviews;Reviewers;Grant Competition;Budgets Key Features:Provides practical advice on writing a research grant proposal and includes many key comments from experienced researchers and reviewers Authors have extensive experience in a number of countries with reviewing proposals from local scientists Book covers all aspects of writing and managing a grant with examples drawn from a variety of countries’Comprehensive and practical are the words that come to mind. It is easy to read with a good ‘pace’ of information per paragraph. Lots of insider insights … well done … It is a very good book.’Professor Frank Gannon Queensland Institute of Molecular Research (QIMR) Berghofer, Australia’This book is very useful not only for young scientists but also established or experienced scientists; also for funding agency staff, science politicians, university officers, even reviewers … his may be a bible for fund writing. It is really a marvelous book.’Professor Yukihiro Osaki Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan &winner of the 2014 Bomem-Michelson Award’The book is truly unique; perfect for a novice researcher who has to find his way through a maze to finally achieve funding for his laboratory, and perfect for the experienced researcher who gets involved in a large collaboration.’Professor Charles Glashausser Rutgers University
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