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A guide to writing an effective and competitive scientific proposal that can be submitted to government agencies, private corporations, foundations, and academic committees. The authors (both in the sciences at Dartmouth College) explain a number of aspects of proposal writing including conceiving and designing a project, analyzing data, synthesizing results, and estimating a budget.

Andrew J. Friedland is professor in the environmental studies program at Dartmouth College.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

xi

A Note to the Reader

1

(4)

Getting Started

5

(13)

Authorship from Start to Finish

18

(11)

Basic Organization and Effective Communication

29

(8)

Developing Your Conceptual Framework and Significance Statement

37

(16)

A Title May Be More Important Than You Think

53

(9)

The Project Summary Guides the Reader

62

(19)

Objectives and Hypotheses: An Exhaustive List Is Exhausting

81

(10)

Lay the Foundation in the Introduction

91

(15)

Experimental Design and Methods: What Will You Actually Do?

106

(18)

Plan for Expected and Unexpected Results

124

(4)

The Timeline Is a Reality Check

128

(5)

References in Detail: How Many and How Recent?

133

(7)

Preparing a Budget

140

(7)

Submitting and Tracking Your Proposal

147

(5)

The Three R's: Rethink, Revise, and Resubmit

152

(6)

Ethics and Research

158

(5)

Appendix 1 Additional Reading

163

(2)

Appendix 2 Web Addresses for Funding Organizations

165

(2)

References

167

(2)

Index

169

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Writing Successful Science Proposals

Writing Successful Science Proposals

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