@article{Marchant:15455, recid = {15455}, author = {Marchant, Mary A.}, title = {THE KEYS TO PREPARING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS}, journal = {Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics}, address = {2001-12}, number = {1379-2016-113057}, pages = {8}, year = {2001}, abstract = {This article seeks to demystify the competitive grant recommendation process of scientific peer review panels. The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Education Service (USDA-CSREES) serves as the focus of this article. This article provides a brief background on the NRICGP and discusses the application process, the scientific peer review process, guidelines for grant writing, and ways to interpret reviewer comments if a proposal is not funded. The essentials of good grant writing discussed in this article are transferable to other USDA competitive grant programs.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15455}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.15455}, }