In academic medicine, many programs are supported through extramural funding. Applications for this funding often require a logic model, the development of which is usually learned by new grant writing team members on-the-fly. Building a logic model is not hard, and it is an iterative process. The logic model provides a dynamic framework during the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs. This makes it sound like one of those things people give the label “no right or wrong way of doing it.” On the contrary, while there are different ways of building a model, a “right” and good logic model is part of a competitive, strategic proposal. Continue reading “How to Develop a Logic Model”
Author: J. Kelly Byram, MS, MBA, ELS
Medical and scientific writer and editor. Cybersecurity and AI/ML specialist. CEO at Duke City Consulting, LLC and lead of our Medical and Scientific Communications Group and our Cyber Group.
The Importance of the “Academic Pre-nup”
Updated 13 January 2017
Who is it that first said that the wars in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small? Continue reading “The Importance of the “Academic Pre-nup””
Changes to Biographical Sketches for All Federal Agencies’ Funding Applications
While a full roll-out isn’t expected until 2016, the NIH and other federal funding agencies will be changing their bibliographical sketch format. Continue reading “Changes to Biographical Sketches for All Federal Agencies’ Funding Applications”