Improving grant applications for research in communicative disorders

In making research funding appropriations, Congress considers, in part, the percentage of applications which are approved, but cannot be funded with the existing budget. The Communicative Disorders Program will have difficulty justifying increased Congressional appropriation without an increase in the number of approved grant applications. Investigators in otolaryngology and other fields of communicative disorders are urged to submit innovative proposals of high scientific quality to be considered for funding. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) review process is explained and suggestions for improving a potential grantee's application are made.