Grant Writing II

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This course introduces students to writing research proposals. Students will be asked to write a short, concise proposal written according to this funding mechanism is thus appropriate for a student in the formative stages of their research project to acquire the skills for conceiving and writing a research proposal. The research proposal can be hypothesis-driven or design-driven. It should include specific aims, Background and Significance (Narrative and Innovation), Approach (Research Strategy and Preliminary Results) and References. The intent for the written proposal is to prepare students for the department's requirement of a written and associated oral presentation and defense to evaluate the ability of the student to formulate a research problem, to state hypotheses or outline design objectives, to propose a research plan using feasible design, experiment and analysis techniques to either test those hypotheses or achieve the design objectives, and to interpret data. While this proposal will often represent the research ultimately pursued by the student, it is recognized that the details of the proposal and even its goals may evolve significantly over time. Students who have or are writing fellowship proposals are encouraged to use the same concepts in this research proposal, but they should convert the material into the NIH R21 format and should include all of the required components. Prereq: EBME 454 and EBME 570 .