Tips for Scientific/Technical Writing

Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Bartleby)
NIH Resources
• New Investigators Program
  • Resources for New Investigators
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about NIH Grants
  
• Guide to the NIH Acquisition [Contract] Process
  How to learn about NIH plans to award a contract, how to submit proposals, how proposals are evaluated, etc.
  Center for Scientific Review
  • Overview of Peer Review Process
  • Overview of Peer Review Practices and Guidelines
  • Peer Review Guidelines and Information
  • Guidelines for Review of Specific Applications
  • Review of New Investigator R01's
  • Video on Peer Review at NIH
  National Cancer Institute
  • Quick Guide for Grant Applications
  • Preparing Grant Applications
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Clinical Research Guide
    Including grant application and review processes as well as study management and closure
    
  • Helpful Hints for K Award Applicants
    • Model K02 Applications
    • Model K08 Application
    • Model K23 Applications
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Grants Tutorials
    • Grant Application Basics
    • How to Plan a Grant Application
    • How to Write a Grant Application
    • Annotated Sample Successful R01 Grant Application
  • Questions and Answers
    • New Investigator Advice
  • Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms and Acronyms
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • Writing a Grant
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Writing a Grant Application: A "Technical" Checklist
National Science Foundation
• A Guide to Proposal Writing
Human Frontier Science Program
• The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicera
Foundation Center:
• Proposal Writing Short Course
• Proposal Budgeting Basics
Science Careers Forum
• How to Get Funding
Additional Resources
Word-Medex: Medical & Scientific Writing and Editing (Australia)
• How to Compose Good Medical/Bioscientific Research Manuscripts
• Books on Scientific Writing

From Agencies
• Government Information for Researchers in the Biomedical and Health Sciences
  See individual menu for information on NIH
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• DHHS Forms
• Federal Standard Forms (OMB Approved)
• Office of Naval Research University Business Affairs Forms

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