Background and Significance

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Background• Use this section to show the breadth of yourknowledge of your field and highlight why you areuniquely qualified to do the research.• Refer to unpublished work, including information learnedthrough personal contacts.• Make sure the literature you note here is also in yourBibliography and References Cited section.http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/write/write_k1.htm
Background• Purpose of the Background Section:1. to provide justification for specific aims andhypotheses.2. in conjunction with Preliminary Data toestablish the competence of the investigator.3. to educate a reviewer who is unfamiliar withthe subject of your grant.
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