The Umverslty of Califorma Transportataon Center (UCTC) is one of ten regional umts mandated by Congress and estabhshed m Fall 1988 to support research, educaUon, and tramng m surface transportation The UC Center serves fedora2 Regaon IX and Is supported by matching grants from the U S Department of Transportatmn, the Cahforn~a Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the Umvers~ty Based on...

© 2015 Harborside Press® As an oncology advanced practitioner, you may find yourself called upon to write or partner with a nurse scientist to write a grant to support or improve educational, patient care, or professional activities. There are different types of grants that can be used to support a variety of activities, such as research grants, educational program development grants, and quali...

The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems persist, particularly in tropical countries, which are still struggling with infectious diseases while increasingly having to deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have...

While Elizabeth Barrett Browning counted 25 ways in which she loves her husband in her poem, "How Do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Ways," we identified only eight ways to evaluate the potential for success of a federal research grant proposal. This may be surprising, as it seems upon initial glance of the review criteria used by various federal funding agencies that each has its own distinct se...

Entrepreneurship is a primary catalyst for economic growth and regional development. Recognizing its importance, state and local policymakers are now devoting considerable resources to fostering entrepreneurship. After a brief discussion of the data and theories of entrepreneurship, this paper presents a framework for thinking about government’s role in the entrepreneurial process. We then exam...