title: Small grant management in health and behavioral sciences: Lessons learned.
abstract: This article describes considerations in health and behavioral sciences small grant management and describes lessons learned during post-award implementation. Using the components by W. Sahlman [Sahlman, W. (1997). How to write a great business plan. Harvard Business Review, 75(4), 98-108] as a business framework, a plan was developed that included (a) building relationships with people in the research program and with external parties providing key resources, (b) establishing a perspective of opportunity for research advancement, (c) identifying the larger context of scientific culture and regulatory environment, and (d) anticipating problems with a flexible response and rewarding teamwork. Small grant management included developing a day-to-day system, building a grant/study program development plan, and initiating a marketing plan.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. teresa.sakraida@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Teresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sakraida
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thibault
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D003132:Commerce / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016730:Program Development; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*