psychology 625
Grant Proposal – Topic, Specific Aims and Bibliography
For this assignment, you will select a topic for your grant proposal (i.e., Final Project due in Week Six). Then you will write the Specific Aims section and create a preliminary bibliography. You will conduct a search in the Ashford University Library and/or on
PubMedCentral (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
to locate at least 10 scholarly peer-reviewed articles that are relevant and that support your funding request. Create your preliminary annotated bibliography and ensure that your resources are relevant and supportive of the Specific Aims as well as the Background and Significance sections of your grant proposal (the Background and Significance sections will be written in Week Three). See a sample
annotated bibliography (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
from the Ashford Writing Center for assistance.
Compose the Specific Aims section following the
Grant Proposal Guidelines (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
. See the
Sample Grant Proposal Template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
as an example and use it as a template for your Grant Proposal. The assignment should be one page, excluding the bibliography.
Sample
Running Head: [YOUR
TITLE
]
4
TITLE
[Use this template to create your Grant Proposal. Type over the sample text when writing your content. Delete these and all instructions before submitting your proposal. Read the Grant Proposal Guidelines document for detailed instructions on what to include in each section.]
Title of Grant Proposal
Student Name
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior
Instructor Name
Month Day, Year
Title of Grant Proposal
Specific Aims
[Write specific aims in this section………..]
Background
[Write background in this section………]
Significance
[Write significance in this section….]
Proposed Study
Participants:
[Write information regarding participants………..]
Procedures:
[Write information regarding procedures………..]
Hypotheses & Analysis:
[Write information regarding hypotheses………..]
Budget Justification
[Write budget justification……………]
See Appendix A: Budget for detailed budget figures.
References
Last name, first name of authors. . . Publisher, date. Title. Publication Name version, pages.
Appendix A: Budget
[Type over the sample text in the template below to create your budget. Delete these instructions before submitting your proposal. Use the optional Budget Calculation Spreadsheet to calculate your budget figures.]
SUMMARY PROPOSAL BUDGET
FOR INSTITUTION USE ONLY
ORGANIZATION
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (MONTHS)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)/PROJECT DIRECTOR
Instructor B. Jones, PhD
AWARD NO.
A. PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PIs, Faculty, Graduate Assistants, etc.
Funds
List each separately with name and title.
Requested By
Proposer
1. Instructor B. Jones, PhD ($90,000/year) – 10% effort for 12 months
$9,000
2. Research Assistant (RA) – 50% effort for 12 months
$25,000
TOTAL SALARIES
$34,000
B. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)
None
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
$0
C. TRAVEL
1. DOMESTIC – PI attendance at national meeting
$1,500
2. OTHER – Travel for RA to participants home
$1,000
TOTALTRAVEL
$2,500
D. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT
$2,000
1. STIPENDS
$
50
2. TRAVEL
3. SUBSISTENCE
4. OTHER
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (40) TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS
$2000
E. OTHER DIRECT COSTS
1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES- Computer for patient training, data collection and analysis
$3200
2. OTHER Quality of Life scale
$1200
3 OTHER Office supplies
$736
4. OTHER
TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS
$5,136
F. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH E)
$43,636
G. TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (Rate = 37.5%)
$16,364
H. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (F + G)
$60,000
PSY625: Biological Bases of Behavior Ashford University