1 / 26

Writing a research application

Writing a research application. Ewa Ehrenborg. Research application. Write a grant application 3-4 students/group Follow-up November 14 th , 21 st and 22 nd – 20 min/group Send in title by Friday November 29 th Use the application form provided

wiley
Download Presentation

Writing a research application

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Writing a research application Ewa Ehrenborg

  2. Research application • Write a grant application • 3-4 students/group • Follow-up November 14th , 21st and 22nd – 20 min/group • Send in title by Friday November 29th • Use the application form provided • Send in your application by noon, December 20th • Oral presentations on January 15th and16th • Each group will act as opponent for one other group • Assessment form

  3. Research application:new for HT2013 • Include writing a “popular science” project summary • Early discussions/feed back - start with groups with topics relating to lectures at start of course → timetable issues regarding groups

  4. Choose your own project within the “broad” topic allocated • Interesting • Relevant • Supply provisional title by November 29th • Application form – Popular science description • Research plan should be a maximum of 3 A4 pages (12-point text, single spacing) • Provide a short reference list (max 20)

  5. Group 1 • 1A Regenerative cardiology: • Karl-Henrik.Grinnemo@karolinska.se • 1BThyroid diseases: • Jens.Mittag@ki.se • Group 2 • 2A Cell death in metabolism: Joelle.Magne@ki.se • 2B Diabetes and co-morbidities • Jing.Wang@ki.se • Group 3 • 3AInflammation in CVD: D.Johansson@ki.se • 3B Immunological aspects of gastric disease: Ola.Winqvist@ki.se • Group 4 • 4ACoagulation: • Angela.Silveira@ki.se • 4BMicroRNA and vascular disease: • Lars.Maegdefessel@ki.se • Group 5 • 5A Inflammatory lung diseases: Johan.Ockinger@ki.se • 5BAllergy: • Hans.Gronlund@ki.se • Group 6 • 6A Aneurysm: • Hanna.Bjorck@ki.se • 6B Vascular remodelling: Cecilia.Osterholm.Corbascio@ki.se

  6. The role of the mentor • Discussion partner • Facilitate the process and discuss the strategy NOT: • Decide what to study • Write the application • Responsible for making contact

  7. Examples of previous titles • The role of Natural Killer T cell subtypes in different stages of asthma • An in vivo comparison of the cardiovascular effects of coffee diterpenescafestol and kahweol in relation to diabetes

  8. Follow-up meeting • November 14th, 10.30-15.00 (6 topics – TBA) • November 21st, 13.30-15.00 (3 topics – TBA) • November 22nd, 13.00-14.30 (3 topics – TBA) • Separate schedule on the web • Present your plans • Each research team ~ 20 min • Support and discussions

  9. Summary/abstract • Relevant (what is your research question?) • Clearlywritten • Easy to follow

  10. Research programme • Title • Hypothesis/Aims • Background • Work plan includingmethods • Importance/ impact of results • References (max 20) 3 pages

  11. Research plan - Title • Informative • Interesting - attention catching • Not too long • Should not contain abbreviations

  12. Research plan - Aims/Hypothesis • State clearly the aims of the research • Explain the scientific hypothesis • Most important part of the application • State very clearly • Is it novel? • Is it realistic? • Is it possible? • Is it well planned?

  13. Research plan - Background • Introduce the field (generally + specifically) • Place the proposed research in the context of what is already known (or not known) • How would the proposed research add to current knowledge?

  14. Research plan - Work plan • Define clearly the proposed research • Which research questions can the work answer • Whom will carry out the work? • What facilities are needed? • What are the critical steps?

  15. Research plan - Methods Describe the methods of choice • Explain the choice • Are they the best to meet the objectives? • If novel, how do they compare with already known methods? • Novel methods require detailed description • Validation • Sample size (refer to the work of others)

  16. Research plan - Importance/Impact Explain how the proposed research would contribute significantly to: • scientific knowledge • society • health care • specific patients • commercial interests

  17. Research plan - References • Relevant publications (key papers) • May include previous work published by the applicant • Cite full reference (according to instructions)

  18. Help the reader to understand - clearlystate the hypothesis and aims • include an overviewslide (strategy & context) - relevant background - welldescribed work plan - appropriatemethods - includetitles in the references

  19. What is the evaluatorlooking for? SCIENTIFIC

  20. Scoring the research question Low = Unclear wording, poorly constructed or previously conducted Mid = Interesting but conventional High = Innovative and extremely important.

  21. Scoring the methodology Low = Materials, methods or applications are not entirely accurate Mid = Correct, but not original methodology High = Unique materials and techniques. Innovative, well thought through

  22. Oral presentations • January 16th and17th • 15 min presentation/group + 5-10 min discussion • 3-4 students/group – all students should present • Everybody in the group should be able to present all parts of the application – lottery • Each group will act as “opponent “for one other group • Assessment form

  23. Replacement assignment Consists of two parts: • Your own research project • Application (filled in forms + research proposal) • Submit a relevant article that the application is related to and explain your choice • Powerpoint presentation of the application • Opponent for an application from another group • Application will be e-mailed to you before January 8 (KI mail address) • Critically assess the hypothesis, strategies, methods and importance of the study ( ̴ one A4 page) To be e-mailed to ewa.ehrenborg@ki.se by January 17

  24. Take home message • Clearly state the hypothesis/aims and how it will be tested • Specify what should be measured and why • Explain how the experiments/strategy can contribute to an increased understanding - couldinclude an overviewfigure with strategies & pathophysiologicalcontext

More Related