Grant Writing Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals / Edition 3

by Barbara Holtzclaw PhD, RN, FAAN, Carole Kenner PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, Marlene Walden PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, CCNS

Overview

This accessible, hands-on text, for new grant writers and seasoned health researchers, educators, and clinicians alike, illuminates the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finish. Packed with practical tips for dealing with common pitfalls besieging grant seekers, the text progresses step by step from establishing the need for the grant through disseminating grant findings. This third edition is distinguished by key information about newer grant mechanisms and a fresh focus for foundation and corporate grants. It also includes updates on electronic submissions and web resources.

Useful supporting features include examples and underlying principles for each guideline, examples of grants and specific elements that lend themselves to the development of PowerPoint slides for traditional or online classroom use, real-life examples from actual grant applications, and links to online resources to support searches for grant funders and websites supporting grant applications. Armed with savvy tips and advice from the authors—an experienced grant writer, grant reviewer, and grant consultant—readers will be able to write a persuasive grant with ease.

NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:

• Top-notch grant writing guidance for all health professionals
• Information about newer grant mechanisms emphasizing community-based and patient-centered outcomes research grants
• Foundation and corporate grants focusing on population health, personalized health, and interprofessional team grants that include community collaborations and corporate partnerships
• Important information on the Patient-Centered Research Institute
• Guidance on how to involve stakeholders and communities in study design and implementation
• Updates on electronic submissions and web resources
• New coauthor who is a successful PCORI awardee
• Instructor’s PowerPoint slides

KEY FEATURES:

• Describes the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finish
• Delivers practical tips from experienced authors for dealing with common pitfalls and difficulties
• Includes examples and underlying principles for each guideline
• Provides real-life examples from actual grant applications
• Helps readers to apply principles for selling and justifying the grant to their own proposals

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826141446
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/12/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Barbara J. Holtzclaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, is associate dean for research and professor, Earl and Fran Ziegler College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She also serves as doctoral faculty and associate director, Geriatric Nursing Translational Research Training, Donald W. Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence.

Carole Kenner, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, is the Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor of the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at the College of New Jersey.

Marlene Walden, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, CCNS, FAAN, is the nurse scientist manager for the department of nursing at Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. She is also adjunct associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Why Grant Writing Skills Are Needed Now and in the Future

2. So, You Want to Write a Grant! Where to Begin?

3. What Type of Grant Do You Want?

4. It Takes a Village (and the Village Has a System!)

5. Writing the Research Proposal

6. Engaging Communities in Research Grant Development

7. Check Your Parachute! A Few More Hoops to Jump Through

8. The Electronic Environment of Grantsmanship

9. Gauging Progress and Reviewer Feedback

10. So Now You’ve Been Funded

11. Dissemination of Grant Findings

Glossary

Web Resources

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Janice Phillips, PhD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is a user-friendly guide to writing for and securing grant funding. All phases of the grantsmanship process are well described and accompanied by a number of grant planning tools interspersed throughout the book. This is a much-needed update of the 2001 edition. There is an accompanying ebook that also includes PowerPoint slides for instructors, but I was unable to access the site.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a detailed road map for those seeking grant funding. While there is an emphasis on securing federal support, the authors outline numerous potential governmental and nongovernmental sources of grant funding. Noteworthy, the authors provide a timely discussion of recent trends and issues impacting the increased need for and availability of funding support.
Audience: Health professionals employed in a number of settings will find this an invaluable tool for crafting proposals for grant funding. Individuals and teams seeking funding to support conferences, clinical research programs, or demonstration projects are introduced to the key aspects of grant writing from conceiving an idea to disseminating research or project findings. Thus, individuals in clinical practice or academe can benefit. The book is particularly well suited for individuals with limited experience writing or submitting grant proposals. The authors are accomplished nurse leaders with considerable expertise in securing grant funding, reviewing grant proposals, and providing consultative services.
Features: Chapters focusing on getting started with grant writing, selecting sources and types of funding, engaging collaborative teams, submitting applications electronically, addressing reviewer feedback, maintaining proper grantsmanship throughout the process, and disseminating grant findings are all packaged in the book's 189 pages. It is organized to take readers from start to finish and captures what to expect throughout the process. The authors include a number of cross-cutting topics such as community engaged research and the Patient centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The book is understandable and is accompanied by many helpful illustrations, tables, and resources. Readers can glean helpful insights beginning with identifying an issue to managing a grant once funded all the way to wrapping things up and disseminating results and findings.
Assessment: The authors have managed to capture a great deal of advice in 11 chapters, all of which is key to securing funding and managing a grant once awarded. The glossary and grant planning tools provide invaluable guidance. The inclusion of examples from real-life applications brings the process to life for readers. The emphasis on careful planning and the selection of appropriate collaborators cannot be overemphasized. Tables, figures and algorithms are all designed to help readers navigate the entire grantsmanship process.

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