Grant Editing and Writing for NIH, SBIR and other Biomedical Grants

$2000 NO-RISK TRIAL GUARANTEE

(301) 468-9510 • tom@falconriver.com

Is your company looking for grant funding?

Or was your last grant application not funded—maybe not even scored—because reviewers never understood the importance of your work?

I can help.

This is Tom Hollon. As a scientist turned science writer, I can help
you create an NIH grant application that describes your research plan
clearly and effectively.

I can also help you spot and fix weaknesses in your arguments, which your review committee will otherwise be sure to attack.

Here are the kinds of NIH and other grants I can edit or help you write:

  • NIH Grants: R01, Training, Conference, Center, Program Project, SPORE
  • NIH SBIR Grant and NIH STTR Grant Phases 1, 2, and Fasttrack
  • Gates Foundation Global Health Grants
  • CME Grants from Pharmaceutical Companies
  • DOD CDMRP (Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program) Grants
  • DOD SBIR Medical Grants
  • HHMI Grants for Science Education
  • HHMI Research Grants for Individuals

Two kinds of grant editing are available:

* Editing for readability. This includes correcting spelling and grammar, rewriting long, difficult-to-read sentences into easily read shorter ones, and deleting unnecessary words. Readability editing makes many NIH grant application research plans 5 to 10% shorter.

* Editing to anticipate NIH grant reviewers’ questions. In addition to editing for readability, I will alert you to things in your research plan reviewers may find confusing and review criteria your research plan may have overlooked.

You will receive your grant application edit in two forms:

Your edit will be emailed to you in two Microsoft Word documents. One will have Word’s Tracking feature turned on to show you the changes I made. The other will turn Tracking off to show only the finished edit.

Final decisions on edits are always yours:

All edits are suggestions. If you disagree with one, I will change it back to the way it was before, at no additional cost to you.

Other ways I can help include:

  • Summary Statement Analysis. If your last grant application was rejected and your Summary Statement doesn’t explain why, I can help you read between the lines and figure out what the reviewers didn’t like.
  • Multi-Investigator Grants. I can edit research plans from different investigators to give them one voice. I can also relieve some of the deadline pressure by writing non-technical grant application sections, leaving you and your colleagues more time to write research plans.
  • Identifying Funding Opportunities. I can locate NIH and other biomedical grant sources and program announcements for which you may qualify.

$2000 NO-RISK TRIAL GUARANTEE

I cannot guarantee your grant will be funded. No one can.

But I can offer you a guarantee that gives you a no-risk way to give me a try.

TRIAL GUARANTEE: If for any reason you don’t like the grant editing or writing I give you by the time my charges reach $2000, you can walk away and owe me nothing. Not one penny.

Put Me To The Test

If you need help with a grant application and what I offer sounds like what you’re looking for, call me at 301-468-9510 or email me at tom@falconriver.com.

I look forward to working with you.

Tom Hollon, PhD