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I. The Research Project A. Title B. Abstract II. The Research Plan A. Specific aims B. Research hypotheses C. Timeline for specific objectives III. Background and Significance A. Rationale and supporting theories for the project B. Existing knowledge and related studies C. Uniqueness of proposed methods D. Prior experience/qualifications of the investigator that support the project IV. Research Design and Methods A. Subjects 1. Characteristics 2. Sampling methods 3. Exclusion/inclusion B. Materials 1. Instruments 2. Validation/reliability C. Procedures and Methods 1. Overview of study design 2. Specific interventions or observations 3. Data collection and storage 4. Potential limitations, alternative procedures, precautions D. Data analysis/reduction V. Budget justification A. Personnel B. Equipment C. Space D. Direct Costs E. Overhead VI. Assurances A. Human subject protections, IRB B. Animal use, IACUC C. Administrative/Institutional approval Task 2004 2005 2006 Proposal submitted to SNMTS May 20 Submit to research administration May 20 Grant awarded by SNMTS Sep 8 IRB submissions Sep 25, Oct 17 IRB approval Nov 17 Quarterly funding disbursements Dec 14 Mar 31, June 30 Held for research results Subjects recruited Jan 6 Preliminary testing of equipment Jan 25, Apr 4 Research administration approval Feb 7 Subject pre-test Apr 11–30 Subject dosimetry Apr 11–Jun 10 Training intervention Jun 11–Aug 11 Subject post-test Aug 12–31 Subject dosimetry Sep 1–Nov 30 Submit first paper Oct 18 Data Analysis Dec 1–31 Submit meeting abstract Feb 20 Present at annual conference Jun 28 U.S. Government General web directory of all government funding sources http://www.grants.gov/index.jsp U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Science http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/grants.html US. Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov/fund U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Research http:www.dhs.gov/xres National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research. http://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering http://www.nibib.nih.gov National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr Foundations American Association for the Advancement of Science. “grants.net” http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding National Science Foundation and American Psychological Association http://www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource/index.cfmTechnical The Foundation Center http://www.foundationcenter.org/findfunders/fundingsources/fdo.html Northern California Community Foundation, Inc. http://foundations.org/ Society of Research Administrators International http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/resources/index.cfm Professional Societies—Allied Health Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologists Section, Professional Development and Education Foundation http://www.snm.org American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Education and Research Foundation http://www.asrt.org/content/ASRTFoundation/Grants/Grants.aspx American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Research and Education Foundation http://www.ashpfoundation.org/Research/index.cfm
