Publisher's Synopsis
This second edition has been updated and revised with the recognition that proposal standards have reached a new high due to the increased number of revised proposal submissions. It provides crucial information as to how the system works, how it is changing and how to write a successful grant proposal. Thorough coverage of the necessary basics of beginning and advanced grantsmanship is provided.;Special features of this new edition include: a chapter on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants; and a new co-author who brings a wealth of knowledge of the NIH grant system as a NIH senior adminstrator for 13 years and eight years as a grants consultant with continued contacts with the NIH bureaucracy.