New NIH Review Framework: A Step Forward or a Misstep?

November 29, 20230Comments

New NIH Review Framework: A Step Forward or a Misstep?

If you're part of the academic research community, you may be aware of the NIH's latest shake-up in its review framework for grant applications. In a nutshell, the new framework

by Gabriel Sanchez

Grantwriting

Writing Techniques

June 27, 20230Comments

The Grim Reaper of Grant Writing?

Most grant writers are familiar with that infamous character — the Grant Writing Grim Reaper. He lurks around every corner, ready to deliver yet another rejection. The worst part is

by Gabriel Sanchez

Grantwriting

November 15, 20182Comments

How to write your NIH Approach Section, without overloading yourself or your reviewer

In today's blog post, I made a short video (< 8 min) for you on the topic of writing the Approach Section of your NIH grant proposal. A lot of

by Morgan Giddings

Grantwriting

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

Grantwriting

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

Grantwriting

October 30, 20120Comments

Speed writing your grant proposal

Grants are now officially “hyper-competitive(TM).” I’ve seen more than one great grant not quite make the cut, because there were even better grants in the pool for that round. Dealing with this

by Morgan Giddings

Grantwriting

June 13, 20127Comments

NIH Grant Writing Tips: The new format – significance, innovation, approach

Recently the NIH completely redefined the format requirements for research grants. There were many changes, but one that seems to create a big mess of confusion is the redefinition of

by Morgan Giddings

Grantwriting

January 16, 20125Comments

Crafting your NIH biosketch “personal narrative”

On a recent webinar about State of Grants in 2012, I mentioned that the personal statement part of the NIH biosketch is a great opportunity to additionally “market” your project.

by Morgan Giddings