Evaluation Criteria

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Evaluation Criteria

• 1. Is the proposal directed at accomplishing
  something worthwhile?
• 2. Is the implementation of the research plan as
  presented likely to achieve the stated goal(s)?
• 3. Does the person/team making the proposal have
  a record that indicates they can implement the
  proposal as presented?
• 4. When relevant meaningful collaboration

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Why Proposals Fail

• 1. Because your competitors are doing better
  science/have more "interesting" ideas than you.
• 2. Because you didnt present your case
  effectively.
• 3. Because your work is not important enough (to
  others).
• 4. Technical knock-out
• 5. shikulim zaarim

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Grantsmanship Requirements for a Successful
Application

• 1. Start with a Scientific Principle / Hypothesis
• 2. Think Clearly
• 3. Present Clearly
• 4. Dont do the Donts

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Think Clearly

• What do you hope to accomplish?
• How do you expect to accomplish it?

5
Present Clearly

• Start with an outline that structures how you are
  going to prove your case.
• Your proposal must be easy to look at and easy
  to read.
• It requires breathing space between
  paragraphs.

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Donts

• Dont use excess verbiage
• Dont give reviewers all the generalities they
• already know
• Dont try and squeeze more text in by
• playing with margins and fonts.

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The Most Un-tested Funding Agencies

• The issuers of the BAAs.
• The NIH not only health, but social work and
  behavioral sciences

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BAAs Broad Agency Announcements
The US Military, which includes The Army Research
Office The Air Force Research Lab The Office
of Naval Research DARPA
(Defense Armaments Research Project Agency)
Homeland Security
Hybrids
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Conclusion
BGU researchers receive about 175 grants a year.
Lets hope that in the coming year one (or
more) of them is yours! Or even better, that
because of you this average increases!