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A research study should have as many testable hypotheses as possible to increase the likelihood of being funded.

True

False

The NIH offer numerous grants specifically to new and minority researchers.

True

False

The NIH require grants to be staffed by both a Prinicipal Investigator and a Project Director.

True

False

When writing an NIH grant application involving human subjects, it is acceptable to omit, in your discussion of human subjects, the inclusion of women and members of minority groups in certain types of research.

True

False

When Initial Review Group (IRG) members are reviewing grants, all of the following criteria are considered EXCEPT:

A. Significance

B. Approach

C. Innovation

D. Investigator Qualifications

E. Environment

F. Availability of Funds

Which option indicates the correct order of development for a research idea?

A. Long-Term Goals - Specific Aims - Hypotheses

B. Hypotheses - Long-Term Goals - Research Questions

C. Research Question - Hypotheses - Specific Aims

What is streamlining?

A. The NIH sends your funding check by overnight mail.

B. A process by which The NIH can request a researcher to submit a grant on a specific topic.

C. An NIH process for decreasing the number of grants discussed at IRG meetings by not scoring those applications in the bottom half of all applications.

When writing up a section on resources and facilities, there is no need to indicate that your facility has basic lab equipment, computers, and other common resources.

True

False

The most common flaw in poorly rated grant applications is technical inadequacies in methodology.

True

False


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