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May 17, 20212Comments

How To Write a Specific Aim – 3 Parts to a simple and clear aim that your reviewers will “get”

The Specific Aims (for NIH) or Objectives (NSF) are the key to what you are proposing. You want them to be not only clearly understandable to your reviewer (right?), but

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

NIH Grantwriting

November 17, 201514Comments

You’ve got your NIH grant score results, now what?

Once you have your NIH score (or non-score), it’s only the beginning of the process that will determine whether, when, and how much of your grant will be funded! The next steps that you take are very important, so let's explore how to navigate them.

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

NIH Grantwriting

November 19, 20133Comments

The NIH Significance and Innovation Sections: demystified

One of the great things about working with some top scientists to hone their grant-getting skills is that I get to hear really good questions that they struggle with. One question

by Morgan Giddings

Grant Writing

November 6, 200936Comments

NIH Grant Writing Tips – #1

That grant was submitted, and on its first round of submission, it got a score around 5th percentile. My colleague helped me turn my grant proposal from junk into a more than fundable proposal - simply by looking at my specific aims, and nothing else.

by Morgan Giddings