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Resources from the Institute for the Advancement
of Social Work Research (IASWR)
Joan Levy Zlotnik
The
Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) develops and disseminates technical assistance resources for
social work researchers, including BSW faculty. Information is available on funding sources as well as helpful hints on writing
successful grants. This is one in a series of articles for BPD Update
that identifies useful weblinks and provides information useful to writing grants
To
acquaint you with IASWR’s resources, visit the IASWR Website: WWW.IASWRESEARCH.ORG
On the leftside bar, click:
ABOUT IASWR – Mission,
History, Purpose and Strategic Directions
UPCOMING EVENTS – Upcoming Research Training and Conferences
LISTSERV – Subscribe to the IASWR Listserv Announcements and Search Archived Listservs
CONTACT IASWR – Ask questions of IASWR staff
TECHNICAL RESOURCES – Resource information and hints on applying for research grants, e.g.,
Powerpoint presentations by federal staff on writing research grants from the January
2005 Society for Social Work and Research Conference:
Other Useful Resources
LINKS And RESOURCES – Hyperlinks to Social Work Organizations/Sites, Social Work Research Centers, Federal
Agencies, Foundations, Research and Information Resources.
IASWR PUBLICATIONS – See issues of
IASW Research...Reports...Resources, our semi-annual newsletter providing information on emerging
issues to the social work research community and promoting awareness of key reports. Also find out about social work
research contributions to key public health issues, e.g.,
Social Work Contributions to Public Health: Bridging Research * Practice to Prevent Violence - Lessons from Child
Maltreatment and Domestic Violence (A Report to CDC)
Contributions to Psychosocial Research across the Cancer Control Continuum
Case Management in the SAFe Way
Helpful Hints in Writing Grants
It is often useful when writing grants, to think about what the reviewer will
be seeing when reviewing the grant. Grant reviewers have made a number of suggestions to help grant writers be more successful:
1. Have someone who knows nothing about the subject area of your proposal read it before you submit
it.
2. Attend to details making sure that there are no errors –
that means no spelling errors in the text or math errors in the budget.
3. Carefully review the directions
and make sure that you followed them in regard to format, page limits, deadline for submission, letters of support, budget
structure, and application design.
4. Do not include critical information to your proposed scope of work as appendices.
5. Make sure that the funding mechanism and funding priorities fit the proposal you
are submitting.
6. Make sure that the proposal is clearly organized with appropriate headers and section
divisions.
7. Make sure that you have eliminated jargon and spelled out acronyms.
8. Make sure that the title and abstract clearly describe your purpose and aims.
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