GRANT WRITING IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

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Students learn the basics of grant writing for federal and non-federal funding agencies with a particular emphasis on the components of most proposals for funding. This includes rationale for seeking funds, collaborations with community organizations and working with consultants and subcontractors. Students also learn about the basic sections of grant writing such as specific aims and hypotheses, developing a literature review, background and significance, research design and methodology, developing a budget and conducting research with human subjects. Students have an opportunity to write sample grant proposals and learn about the review and scoring process and post-award grant management.