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The list of types of grants is long and runs the gamut from small awards to encourage and train new researchers, to huge grants covering groups of senior scientists in collaborative projects. These grants are divided into multiple series. All have in common, however, the same presentation format for the scientific plans (see Chap. 5). Each series has a general theme, and individual grants in the series have a focused goal, whether to support postdoctoral training projects or to fund established researchers doing advanced research. The most common series are F, K, and R awards:
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Yang, O.O. (2012). Types of NIH Grants. In: Guide to Effective Grant Writing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1581-7_4
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