Writing Successful Grant Proposals from the Top Down and Bottom Up

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He formerly was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale. His BA is from Yale summa cum laude and his PhD is from Stanford. He also holds 13 honorary doctorates. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sternberg has been cited over 150,000 times and is among the most frequently cited authors in psychology textbooks. He is the winner of the APS Williams James Award and the APS James McKeen Cattell Award and of the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology. He is married to Karin Sternberg and has five children: Seth, Sara, Samuel, Brittany, and Melody.

• 1. Securing a Research Grant - Robert Sternberg2. Guide to Professional Begging - Emilie Rissman3. Mistakes That Grant Proposers Make - Robert Levenson4. It′s Not Just the Science: Navigating the National Institutes of Health Application Process - Robin A. Barr5. Navigating the Grant Process at the National Institutes of Health - William Riley, Tracy Waldeck, Lisa Onken6. Writing a Grant Proposal for the National Institiutes of Health: Generalities and Specifics - Howard Eichenbaum7. Applying for a Research Grant From the National Institutes of Health: A Primer - Nathan Fox9. Writing a Grant Proposal for the National Science Foundation - John Dovidio, Louis Penner, Terrance Albrecht10. Obtaining Department of Defense Funding for Research in the Behavioral Sciences - Susan Chipman11. Writing Grant Proposals for Military Agencies - Eduardo Salas, Marissa Shuffler12. Preparing Institute of Education Sciences Applications: There′s (Almost) an App for That - Lynn Okagaki13. Securing Support for High-Quality Scientific Research and Development in Educational Sciences - Eva Baker14. Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio: The Role of Private funders - Susan Fitzpatrick, M. Dolezalek15. Seeking Funding From Private Foundations - Morton Gernsbacher16. Funding Opportunities at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Cynthia Null, Bettina Beard17. Building a Strong Institutional Research Training Program - Jon Atherton, Nathan Hansen, Jeannette Ickovics18. Interdisciplinary and Interinstitutional Collaboration on Research Grants: Hard but Fun! - Denise Park8. While You′re Up, Get Me a Grant! Grantsmanship From the Perspective of a Retired National Science Foundation Grant Giver - Joseph L. Young

"...this book provides comprehensive advice on planning, executing, submitting, and revising grant proposals to maximize chances for success.... Summing Up: Highly Recommended."