Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nationÕs largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. Their premier annual review of public health and health care research, To Improve Health and Health Care Vol. XIII: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As part of the FoundationÕs efforts to inform the public, this volume provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. The series offers leaders educators, policy makers, and practitioners with valuable lessons for years to come.

This second edition has been updated and revised with the recognition that proposal standards have reached a new high due to the increased number of revised proposal submissions. It provides crucial information as to how the system works, how it is changing and how to write a successful grant proposal. Thorough coverage of the necessary basics of beginning and advanced grantsmanship is provided. Special features of this new edition include: a chapter on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants; and a new co-author who brings a wealth of knowledge of the NIH grant system as a NIH senior adminstrator for 13 years and eight years as a grants consultant with continued contacts with the NIH bureaucracy.

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