The Research Funding Guidebook: Getting It, Managing It, and Renewing It / Edition 1

by Joanne B. Ries, Carl Leukefeld

Overview

This hands-on guide begins at the point many grant seekers can identify with - rejection. Part One emphasizes how to resubmit unfunded applications to make them more competitive. The material contained in this section is invaluable, especially since funding sources are now limiting the number of times the same application can be resubmitted. Part Two highlights the practical issues of a project after funding has been obtained. The authors provide a map of the people and places that must become part of a researcher's daily and weekly routine, a checklist to aid the newly funded researcher's progress, and guidance on the essential but often overlooked feature of research funding, time management. Subjects of other sections of this volume incl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761902317
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/09/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Dr. Leukefeld is Professor of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry, Oral Health Science, Social Work and Public Health; and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science, with a graduate appointment in Sociology. He came to the University of Kentucky in 1990 to establish the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse where he filled administrative and research positions.  Dr. Leukefeld has published over 200 articles, chapters, books and monographs.  He is a consulting editor for 6 journals.  His research interests include treatment interventions, outcomes, HIV prevention, criminal justice sanctions, health services, and rural populations.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Getting It, Managing It, and Renewing It
PART ONE: RESUBMITTING A NOT FUNDED APPLICATION: ISSUES AND DECISIONS
Not-Funded? Identify the Reasons
Contending with Reviewers' Comments
Modifying the Application
PART TWO: FUNDED! PRACTICAL ISSUES
Taking Advantage of the Award's Rights and Responsibilities
Build Effective Organizational Relationships
PART THREE: FUNDED! WELCOME TO THE SMALL BUSINESS WORLD
Designing an Organization for the Project
Establishing Financial Procedures
Selecting Project Personnel
Communicating With Organizations and With the Scientific Community
PART FOUR: CONTINUING A PROJECT BY SUBMITTING A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION
Strategies to Identify a Continuation Project
Selecting a Funding Mechanism for a Continuation Project
PART FIVE: APPLICATION PREPARATION
What to Include in a Project Application
Writing to Be Competitive
Seeing It Through the Reviewers' Eyes
PART SIX: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Related Research Issues
Thinking as the Heart of Science