Academic Research: Academic Writing

• Writing in the Health Sciences: a comprehensive guide. University of Toronto

 Academic Types 

• Analytical 
• Argumentative
• Experimental 
• Descriptive
• Critical

Academic genres 

• Grants
• Original articles 
  • Case studies
  • Case series 
• Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
• Review
• Book
• Book chapter
• Conference poster 
• Thesis
• Dissertation 
• Summaries of knowledge 
• Collated works
• Other 

Online Resources 

• Grant Writing Tips Sheets. NIH
• Tips for Writing a Successful Grant Proposal. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
• Grant Proposal. The Writing Center. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Grant Budgets - guidance on writing budget 
• NIH Resources on Writing Application 
• NIH Biosketch Format Pages, Instructions and Samples
• NSF Grant Writing instruction
• NIH RePORTER (Funded Grant Search)
• NIH Guide (Funding Opportunities)
• Rigor and Reproducibility

Courses 

• Proposal Writing Short Course. Foundation Center.
• Writing Grants. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
• General Tips on Writing a Competitive Grant Proposal & Preparing a Budget. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
• Leadership Lesson: A New Investigator's Journal: Writing a Foundation Grant. Laura Castillo-Page, Ph.D. Association of American Medical Colleges.

Articles

• Bourne PE, Chalupa LM (2006) Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants. PLoS Comput Biol 2(2): e12.

Books

• The Art of Writing Proposals. Social Science Research Council.
• The element of Style. William Strunk
• Alred, G. J., Brusaw, C. T., & Oliu, W. E. (2011). The business writer's handbook. Macmillan.

• Grant Process Overview 
• Get started 
• Application guide - information on preparing, writing, and submitting application 
• Application referral and review 
• Pre-award and post-award processes 
• Forms library 
• Information for researchers 
• Information for applicants 
• Research portfolio online reporting tool (RePort)

Fundamentals of the NIH Grant Process and Need to Know Resources.

Articles

• Al-Jundi, A., & Sakka, S. (2016). Protocol Writing in Clinical Research. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 10(11), ZE10-ZE13.
• Hassidim, A., Kayouf, R., Yavnai, N., Panush, N., Dagan, D., Bader, T., & Hartal, M. (2016). Ethical standards for medical research in the Israeli military - review of the changes in the last decade. Isr J Health Policy Res, 5, 53.
• Miller, T. J., Sevastita, V. S., Chaitt, D. G., Tavel, J. A., & Pierson, J. F. (2013). Protocol Development Program: A Novel Approach to Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Research. Monitor (Associates of Clinical Pharmacology), 27(1), 54-61.
• Parker, G. E. (2016). A Framework for Navigating Institutional Review Board (IRB) Oversight in the Complicated Zone of Research. Cureus, 8(10), e844-e844. 
• Stunnenberg, B. C., Deinum, J., Nijenhuis, T., Huysmans, F., van der Wilt, G. J., van Engelen, B. G. M., & van Agt, F. (2020). N-of-1 Trials: Evidence-Based Clinical Care or Medical Research that Requires IRB Approval? A Practical Flowchart Based on an Ethical Framework. Healthcare (Basel), 8(1).