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“Let me hold your dollar!”

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Kim P. Gannon, University Of Mississippi

If you've started your trek as a graduate student, you have become acutely aware of the cost of research. Many of you may be in well funded MSTP programs that finance your education as well as your stipend; however, others may be living on loans and praying for a grant. Whatever the situation, at some point in academic medicine, it will be necessary to secure funding of our own. Science and research monies are very competitive and are currently in somewhat short supply. This in mind, there are still many organizations that are ready and willing to accept proposals and fund worthy grants. Many organizations, such as the American Heart Association, have well established grant application processes, but perhaps the most well known and highly regarded mechanism of funding in the United States is through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).