I: CHOOSING YOUR GRANT MECHANISM

• Extramural Funding Opportunities: Grant Mechanisms and Descriptions, NCI Guidelines
• Help for selecting the right career K award: Career Award Wizard

II. FINDING FUNDING

Primary Sources

• List of Cancer Funding Agencies and Foundations
• NIH Funding Opportunities
• Excel list of funding sources – current as of 2009
• ASCO Grant Opportunities

Different Search Engines

• Grants.gov
• GrantsNet
• Search COS Funding Opportunities

III: GRANT WRITING RESOURCES

• NIH Grants Process Overview
• NIMH Grant Application Process
• Developing Your Budget (NIH)
• Grant Rescue – Scientific Consulting, Editing & Writing Services – Consulting and Writing Services
• Grantpersonship: An Instruction Manual – from the University of Pittsburgh
• FASEB Grantsmanship Training Program – a seminar by Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops, LLC
• "Grant Application Writers Handbook", Reif-Lehrer – from Amazon.com
• Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship – an informal blog
• CWRU Writing Resource Center
• CWRU Professional Development in Grants and Grant Writing

IV: APPLYING FOR NIH GRANTS

• NIH Grants – How to Apply
• NIH Forms and Applications
• Electronic Submission Process
• Adobe Grant Application Information – New for 2009

V: THE PEER-REVIEW PROCESS

• Grant Reviewers at CWRU
• NIH Peer Review Process
• NIH New Scoring Procedures
• NIH Enhanced Review Criteria
• Inside the NIH Grant Review Process – Video