I stepped down from NIH study section NANO this week. Between NANO & the 32 other study sections I have served ad hoc, I learned many things about how to construct a good grant.
Thus, I give you a song themed thread of potentially helpful grant tips!
Simply the Best: Give quantitative proof your idea is > similar current clinical & preclinical approaches. Discuss similar 1s & why yours is >. Use clinical controls in prelim data, a table quantitatively summarizing the results of yours and others and/or highlight drawbacks.