From the Back Cover
Conducting research requires resources to meet the research need. The resources in the research institutes/ centers are often inadequate, limiting the research outcome. Research grants help overcome those limitations and help the researchers carry out quality research without any restriction. Grant proposal writing is an essential skill to be mastered by every researcher. However, the majority of the medical schools, except the few research institutes, do not have a structured learning module for obtaining grants. On most occasions, the skill of writing grant proposals goes by self-learning. For students, it is burdening due to the tremendous time consumed to learn the craft of writing the grant proposal and the exhausting clinical and academic work.
This book is carefully prepared to keep in mind the difficulties faced by the young researchers and the students concerning choosing a funding agency, grant makers' expectations, budgeting, surveillance and site visits, rights of the researcher and the funding agency, and ethical and legal aspects of obtaining the grant. The book also covers the alternate plan for partial funding or interruption of the financing, reporting the source of funding and acknowledgment, good clinical practice guidelines, and dealing with the rejected grant proposal. The research projects are often dropped or modified extensively due to the limited resources in the existing facility. The researchers are forced to compromise the research objective due to expensive requirements. There is a shortage of awareness regarding the availability of funding and grant for the conduct of research. Even if the researchers are aware of obtaining the financing, there is a lack of training in grant proposal writing, which is essential in getting the research funding.
This book on grant proposal writing for medical and healthcare professionals covers such difficulties and deficiencies. It will provide complete companionship from knowing the funding agency to obtaining the grant.
Professor Subhash Chandra Parija is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Shri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry. Prof. Parija is a former Director at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER); Pondicherry has nearly four decades of teaching and research experience in Medical Microbiology. Author of sixteen books, including the most popular "Text Book of Medical Parasitology" and most recent "Effective Medical Communication." He has published more than 400 papers in the National and International journals of repute. In recognition of his immense contributions to research in parasitic diseases, he has been honored with more than 26 awards both internationally and nationally, such as the BPKIHS Internal Oration Award, Dr. BC Roy National Award of the Medical Council of India, Dr. R.V. Rajam Oration Award of the National Academy of Medical Sciences to name a few. Prof Parija founded the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology, launched a Scientific Journal of Tropical parasitology, and initiated a quality assurance program in diagnostic parasitology.
Professor Vikram Kate is a Senior Consultant General and Gastrointestinal Surgeon and Professor (Senior Scale) of Surgery in the JIPMER Pondicherry, India. Professor Kate was awarded Ph.D. in Surgical Gastroenterology, and he has contributed more than 45 chapters in reputed textbooks of surgical gastroenterology and surgery and has more than 175 papers to his credit. He is the Inaugural President of the Indian Chapter of Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), USA (2021-22), a Member of the Research Committee of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), USA (2020-23) and the Surgical Speciality Board-General Surgery of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK (2021-24) and the Past President of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.
He was awarded the Distinguished DNB Teacher of Excellence Award (2018) of the Association of National Board Accredited Institutions and the Great Contributor Award (2021) by the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI).
In recognition of his contribution to medical research and academic achievements, he has received more than 15 national and international awards, such as Dr. Mathias Oration Award and the Prof. N. Rangabashyam Oration Award instituted by the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India, the Veerabai JR Das Oration- Award by the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, the Dr. S.K. Bhansali Memorial Oration Award by the Association of Surgeons of India to name a few.
