Concocting that Magic Elixir: Successful Grant Application Writing in Dissemination and Implementation Research

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 710-716

  Brownson, Ross C ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Dobbins, Maureen ^c   Emmons, Karen M ^d   Kerner, Jon F ^e   Padek, Margaret ^a   Proctor, Enola K ^a   Stange, Kurt C ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissemination and implementation research; Grant review; Grant writing; Research; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; STANDARDS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WRITING;

DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84952985576     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12356     Document Type: Article

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