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How to Craft a Well-Written Grant Proposal MBP 1018Y March 17, 2011 Your Midterm Assignment “Letter of Intent”/Statement of Research Interests Individual submissions Formatting 2 pages Single spaced Not counting figures, tables, references Precedents You May Draw On OGS application research proposal (1 page) CIHR graduate scholarship research proposal (1 page) NSERC scholarship research proposal (2 pages) Why Should You Do This? Learn how to frame your question Allows you (and me!) to identify gaps in your proposal Helps you think through your problem Good precedent for future, similarly-scaled, writing projects What Do We Expect? Tell us about your area of interest Why did you pick that area to focus on? How will your work have clinical/translation relevance or application? What is your research question, and how will you go about breaking that question down? Think of this as your “RATIONALE” piece The 5 W’s WHAT do you plan to do? WHO’s going to do it? WHERE – level of detail for your final grant WHEN – level of detail for your final grant WHY do you want to do it? HOW – level of detail for your final grant WHAT do you plan to do? Statement of the Problem and Research Question Overall Hypothesis List of Specific Aims Specific Hypotheses Hypotheses VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THESE!! Each hypothesis should correlate, where possible, with a specific objective or question being addressed EXCEPT when you are addressing a technical objective (e.g., the creation of an experimental system) WHY do you want to do it? Background and literature review Rationale for research question Translational relevance and human impact Background and Literature Review Review the RELEVANT literature This is not meant to be an exhaustive literature review, but rather a discussion of what is most important to what you want to do Provide background for the disease and questions you will be addressing Also provide background about any novel technical approaches Include a succinct