Writing the NIH Grant Proposal: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Written by an author with proven success in obtaining NIH grants and in developing grant application workshops for university and convention settings, this book features actual forms from NIH grant applications - including the brand new SF 424 forms - which have been annotated so as to guide readers step-by-step, highlighting unexpected nuances that can make all the difference between winning and losing a grant. This unique book extensively covers SBIR and STTR grants as well.

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William Gerin received his BA in Psychology from Stanislaus State College in Turlock, California, in 1979, where  his  specialty  was  in  operant and  classical  conditioning avoidance models  in  animals.  He  then became interested  in studying the role of human interactions in emotional regulation and received his PhD in Social Psychology  from  Columbia University  in 1984  under the mentorship of Stanley Schachter.  In 1985,  he  undertook an  NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship  in cardiovascular epidemiology  at  the Cornell University Medical Center, where he studied with Thomas Pickering. He then went on to Mount Sinai Hospital, and then (back to) Columbia University, until 2007.  He has now moved his laboratory to Department of Biobehavioral Health at the Pennsylvania State University,  where  he  Professor of Biobeahvioral Health, and is  the  director of the Experimental Cardiovascular Psychophysiology Laboratory.  His current research areas  include the examination of acute biological responses to stress and negative emotionality, including blood pressure, heart rate variability, cortisol, endothelial function, and inflammatory markers.  His other areas of study include the role of emotional regulation in the development of hypertension and  coronary heart  disease; behavioral interventions to improve  medication adherence  in culturally  diverse patient  populations; health disparities in cardiovascular disease, and  the role of psychosocial  factors  in cardiovascular disease.