Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant, 2nd edition is a fully updated follow-up to the popular original. It is written to help the 100,000+ post-graduate students and professionals who need to write effective proposals for grants. There is little or no formal teaching about the process of writing grants for NIH, and many grant applications are rejected due to poor writing and weak formulation of ideas. Procuring grant funding is the central key to survival for any academic researcher in the biological sciences; thus, being able to write a proposal that effectively illustrates one's ideas is essential. Covering all aspects of the proposal process, from the most basic questions about form and style to the task of seeking funding, this volume offers clear advice backed up with excellent examples. Included are a number of specimen proposals to help shed light on the important issues surrounding the writing of proposals. The Guide is a clear, straight-forward, and reader-friendly tool. Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant Writing is based on Dr. Yang's extensive experience serving on NIH grant review panels; it covers the common mistakes and problems he routinely witnesses while reviewing grants.
From the reviews of the second edition:
"It is a very recent book gives most timely information. ... This rule book narrates an insider's view about the how an application is evaluated and what could be winning point in writing for grants. Author's writing style along with illustrations provided will captivate readers' interest from preface to conclusion. ... As reader reaches the conclusion chapter the qualities like precision and clarity will become mantras to win the grant writing skill effortlessly!!" (T. S. Seemanthini, Journal of Psychosocial Research, Vol. 8 (1), January-June, 2013)
"It is a very recent book gives most timely information. ... This rule book narrates an insider's view about the how an application is evaluated and what could be winning point in writing for grants. Author's writing style along with illustrations provided will captivate readers' interest from preface to conclusion. ... As reader reaches the conclusion chapter the qualities like precision and clarity will become mantras to win the grant writing skill effortlessly!!" (T. S. Seemanthini, Journal of Psychosocial Research, Vol. 8 (1), January-June, 2013)