Top 10 Tips for Research Grant Writing: A Guide for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals. 2023

Raymond J Chan, and Nicolas H Hart
Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Electronic address: Raymond.Chan@flinders.edu.au.

Nurses and allied health professionals have traditionally received less of the health and medical competitive research funding pool compared with medical practitioners and basic scientists. This instructive article aims to facilitate greater success rates by providing top 10 tips on good grantsmanship, which may serve as a guide for clinician researchers with limited experience with successful grant applications. Expert advice was used to write this article. A quality grant application requires considerable time and investment. The top 10 tips include: (1) understanding the grant scheme; (2) partnering with the right mentor; (3) assembling the best team; (4) providing a case for novelty, significance, and urgency; (5) maximizing feasibility, scientific quality, and innovations; (6) providing evidence and data to substantiate claims; (7) ensuring points of difference; (8) clarifying return on investment; (9) ensuring perfect presentation and formatting; and (10) incorporating critical feedback. Each grant scheme can have different focuses and selection criteria. However, these top tips can be used as a guide to consider in maximizing success for nurse-led and allied health led research.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009726 Nurses Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health. Nursing Personnel,Personnel, Nursing,Registered Nurses,Nurse,Nurse, Registered,Nurses, Registered,Registered Nurse
D005381 Financing, Organized All organized methods of funding. Community Financing,Grants,Organized Financing,Financing, Community,Grant
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000488 Allied Health Personnel Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional. Child Life Specialist,Allied Health Professional,Healthcare Assistants,Healthcare Support Workers,Population Program Specialists,Allied Health Professionals,Assistant, Healthcare,Assistants, Healthcare,Child Life Specialists,Health Personnel, Allied,Health Professional, Allied,Health Professionals, Allied,Healthcare Assistant,Healthcare Support Worker,Personnel, Allied Health,Population Program Specialist,Professional, Allied Health,Professionals, Allied Health,Program Specialist, Population,Program Specialists, Population,Specialist, Child Life,Specialist, Population Program,Specialists, Child Life,Specialists, Population Program,Support Worker, Healthcare,Support Workers, Healthcare,Worker, Healthcare Support,Workers, Healthcare Support
D014956 Writing The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
D035843 Biomedical Research Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine. Medical Research,Experimental Medicine,Investigational Medicine,Investigative Medicine,Research, Biomedical,Research, Medical,Medicine, Experimental,Medicine, Investigational,Medicine, Investigative

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