Takes the reader to a new level in proposal writing
"The authors have captured the gestalt of grant writing in a lucid fashion. In short, I think students would appreciate the clarity and insights this book offers."
-Robert J. Hard, University of Texas at San Antonio
"As a research scientist who is frequently involved in proposal development myself, it is clear to me that the authors have travelled the grant writer's path before."
-John V. Stone, Michigan State University
This resource provides a step-by-step approach to turning a research idea into a proposal worthy of funding, demystifying the process as a result. The authors present a proven approach to the development of research ideas alongside a systematic treatment of proposals section-by-section and project management function-by-function. Highly accessible, this book gives examples for each aspect of the proposal development and works through sketches of ideas to fully developed proposal sections.
Key Features
Contains idea development linked to specific proposal sections: Supports creativity that can be captured effectively and systematically one step at a time. Uses sketches to facilitate idea development and make enhancement and revisions easy: Allows for ease in trying out alternative formulations and revising preliminary approaches. Provides international research proposals: Key to understanding resources for proposing international research collaborations.- Shows how to manage a funded project: Guides researchers and research staff in effectively implementing a funded project.
This book is appropriate for all graduate students across the health, social, and behavioral sciences who need guidance on writing successful, compelling funding proposals.
Biographic SketchArnold Shore is currently Associate Vice Provost for Research at Boston College. He has headed two foundations - the Russell Sage Foundation and the Exxon Education Foundation - and has served on numerous non-profit boards, including President, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers; Chair, Advisory Committee, Foreign Policy Association; and Member, National Commission on the Independent College (Council of Independent Colleges) and the Commission on International Education (American Council on Education). Arnold has taught at the University of Minnesota, Princeton University, Columbia University Teachers College, and Boston College. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University.
John M. Carfora is Director of Sponsored Research at Amherst College (www.amherst.edu/), and Chair of NCURA′s Commission on International Research Administration (www.ncura.edu/). In addition to teaching at the university-level and spending time consulting abroad, John has been working in the field of research administration since 1974. With degrees from a number of colleges and universities, including Harvard University and The London School of Economics, over the years John has been a professor of economics, for several years an international consultant (serving clients such as the Disney Corporation, American Airlines, and
U.S. News and World Report), and for one year was Director of International Education at the Russian Academy of Management in Moscow. John earned his doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. A recipient of several international research awards, he has also lectured at a number of colleges and universities throughout the United States, as well as in Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. John is an Associate of The Center on Philanthropy (Indiana University), and a member of the London School of Economics Alumni Association (Board-of-Directors, 1982-1990). John authored the
Vita: Stuart Chase, The Brief Life of a Public Thinker (Harvard Magazine, September-October, 2004) and the Foreword to
Universitas: The Social Restructuring of Higher Education in America, by Dr. Thomas E. Boudreau (Praeger, 1998). John is co-editing a book with Dr. W. Alan Hodson, titled
Stuart Chase: The Life and Ideas of a Public Intellectual, 1888-1985 (Harper-Collins). In 2007, John was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of University Research Administrators (www.ncura.edu/).
