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Karen Briski Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroanatomy
Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
The University of Louisiana at Monroe
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Office Of Sponsored Research Services
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Ohio State University Medical Center
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing
University of Calgary
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"I learned a lot of potentially useful information from my issues. For instance, I'm using the suggestions in the "How to craft a winning title for your research proposal" to entitle the proposal application I'm working on right now. The article on "Obtaining strong support letters from Collaborators, Contractors" is also immediately useful for my current application efforts. I also really learned a lot about program officers that I did not previously know in "Knowing your program officer contributes to funding success". I'm really looking forward to the next issue. I'm hoping that one of the next couple of issues will contain some helpful hints for writing the "Innovation" section of the proposals.. hint, hint!!"
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Assistant Professor, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY |
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Director of Grants
Healthy Dining
San Diego, CA
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Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
University of Alabama - Huntsville |
"The tool is definitely helpful. There are many pieces of advice that are distributed in the document. Personally, I think it is more useful to seasoned proposal writers, as they can pick and choose those relevant points. For a beginner, it is quite difficult to grasp all the points because proposal writing is not a simple process; there are many subtle things to keep in mind in order to generate a good "
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Chief Technology Officer
Signal Processing, Inc.
Rockville, MD
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Associate Professor
Institute of Human Performance
University of Hong Kong |
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Vice Chancellor, Duke University Medical Center
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Andrea Kaus Ph.D.
Director of Research Programs
University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS)
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"I think your "NIH Executive Report" provides a nice summary of the important aspects to consider when writing grant applications with an emphasis on the recent changes. Though most of the information was not new to me (but I have been writing grants for 10 years and I participated to many study sections) it was useful to have them collected in a single document and I would have loved to have something like this when I wrote my first application. I also liked the clarity in the description of goals, objectives, and specific aims, and on impact/significance--which many people do not appreciate. The emphasis to be placed on the narrative (i.e. tell a story) is also something I totally agree on. Thank you."
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Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology &
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
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Associate Administrator
Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Yale University
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Assistant Director, Research Scientist / Training Faculty
Pacific Institute for R & E / CAAS, Brown University
Pawtucket, RI
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Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Head, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
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Research Psychologist
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Miami School of Medicine
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Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
Division of Medical Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine |
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Clinical Professor
Former Editor, The New York State Dental Journal
Department of Orthodontics
New York University College of Dentistry
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"I am using the “Report” as well as information from several of your webinars. All have been helpful in preparing my proposal for a January, 2011, submission. I guess my main concern is the new format is not a real “hit” with NIH reviewers and sometimes old habits die hard. Hopefully with the information gained from your publication, I can bridge the old with the new."
Gale Newman Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA |
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VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Clinic
North Hills, CA
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Associate Professor
University of New Mexico |
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Research Contract Specialist
Office of Sponsored Research
West Penn Alleghaney Health System
Pittsburgh, PA
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Alexander Lazar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Sarcoma Research Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Associate Director, Strategic Research Initiatives
Georgia State University
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Associate Professor Neuroscience
Department of Pathology
Virginia State University
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Assistant Research Scientist
Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas AgriLife Research
Texas A&M; University System
Temple, TX
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Vincent Bond, MD, PhD
DAssociate Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
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"The recorded session was helping in reminding me of the basics of constructing an NIH proposal and focusing in on “selling” your idea in a short space. Also, I learned the speaker’s strategy of where to put preliminary studies information in the new proposal format"
Steven Moore, PhD
CEO
Science Approach
Tucson, AZ
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Kimberly Anne Moore, PhD
Professor
Environmental Horticulture
University of Florida
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"It was helpful, as we all have some concepts, ideas and basic knowledge, regarding “Significance, Innovation, Approach” but purchased conference and material helped us to tune it up nad build self confidence, thus equipping us better for our future grant applications. Thank you very much indeed."
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Associate Chairman for Research, Dept of Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Director
Molecular Medicine Research Laboratory
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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"I was surprised at how helpful several of these suggestions were in focusing certain aspects of my application. I have been a PI for 22 years at a Tier I research institution and I found new and better approaches for writing my grant applications.
Although I served for over 5 years on an active study section and have had an R01 grant for 18 years, I found the "NIH Executive Report" to be quite useful for how to write more effectively for all components of the NIH short form application. This report is essentially a significant expansion of your "50 Pearls of Wisdom" document. My grants are stronger for incorporating the concepts in the executive report. It was definitely worth the investment. ”
Susan Kandarian, MD, PhD
Professor
Boston University
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Associate Professor
University of Maryland- College Park
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Southern Health Science Center
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Texas Healthcare Facility
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West Coast University
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East Coast Institute
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Southeast University
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West Coast School of Public Health
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"Information in the report has helped us guide and field faculty questions regarding the revised NIH application. The report was also very helpful to me personally in preparing a competitive renewal of an R01.”
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South Health Science Center
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Southern College of Engineering
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Northeast Medial College
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East Coast University
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Midwest University
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Midwest Health Science Center
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Southern College of Medicine
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West Coast Cancer Center
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Midwest University Medical Center
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Southern University
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