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Policy Alerts Archive
The Art of Proposal Writing for
the National Institutes of Health
A workshop sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Research
Presented by Elizabeth Tornquist
8 a.m. – noon
January 24, 2005
Avaya Auditorium 2.302
Applied Computational Engineering & Sciences (ACES) Building
201 East 24th Street
If you are planning to attend, please R.S.V.P. to mwinchell@mail.utexas.edu.
Elizabeth Tornquist has served for three decades as a national technical writing consultant and provides proposal writing workshops for many disciplines at a variety of U.S. universities. She has published books and articles on technical writing, is a recipient of several Book of the Year Awards and her presentations have covered such topics as “Writing for Publication,” “Preparing Research Grant Proposals” and “How to Write a Grant Proposal.”
Target Audience
This presentation is open to members of The University of Texas at Austin campus. New faculty, assistant professors, individuals who have not previously submitted proposals to the National Institutes of Health, as well as individuals who are interested in refreshing their proposal writing skills will benefit the most by attending.
- 8 – 8:30 a.m.: Refreshments and Registration
- 8:30 – 8:35 a.m.: Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Sharon A. Brown, Associate Vice President for Research
- 8:35 a.m. – noon: Presentation by Elizabeth Tornquist
Topics Include:
- Using the Literature Productively in Planning Research/Writing the Background and Significance Section
- Writing the Specific Aims
- Writing the Preliminary Studies Section
- Writing the Methods Section
- How to Understand Reviewers’ Critiques and Revise the Proposal Accordingly
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