Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-197) and index.

Getting started -- Authorship from start to finish -- Basic organiza tion and effective communication -- Developing your conceptual framewor k and significance statement -- A title may be more important than you think -- The project summary guides the reader -- Objectives, hypothese s, and specific aims : an exhaustive list is exhausting -- Lay the foun dation in the introduction -- Experimental design and methods : what wi ll you actually do? -- Plan for expected and unexpected results -- The timeline is a reality check -- References in detail : how many and how recent? -- Preparing a budget -- Submitting and tracking your proposal -- The three R's : rethink, revise, and resubmit -- Consider private fo undations for funding of innovative research -- Team science for tackli ng complex problems -- Ethics and research.