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This text provides comprehensive advice on how to build a successful grant proposal, from the top down and from the bottom up. Editor Robert J. Sternberg gathers editorial expertise from distinguished members of associations in the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, which includes some of the most successful grant applicants and grant givers in the field of brain and behavioral sciences. The chapter authors offer readers practical advice on planning, executing, submitting, and revising grant proposals in order to maximize their chances of success. Exploring both grant writers' and grant providers' perspectives, the text provides valuable insight into general strategies on how to write and submit proposals, as well as detailed information on the various types of proposals needed to reach particular research and teaching goals.
Seeking Funding from Private Foundations
Seeking Funding from Private Foundations
In this chapter, I will talk about seeking research funding awarded by private foundations. I will be using the term “private foundations” as the term is often used in discussions of research funding, namely, as a contrast to funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which award grants from federal revenues.
Furthermore, I will be using the term private foundations to refer to both charitable foundations, like the Red Cross, which solicit funds from the public, and private foundations, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which are endowed by an individual or family. Complicating the issue even more is the fact that most private foundations operate ...
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