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This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals. The book discusses aspects of the proposal submission and review process that are not typically communicated to the research community. Written by authors with successful track records in grant writing and years of experience as NSF Program Directors, this book provides an insider's view of successful grantsmanship. Written in a practical approach, this book offers tips that will not be found in official paperwork and provides answers to questions frequently asked of NSF Program Directors. The purpose of the book is to improve your NSF grant-writing skills and improve your chances of funding.

Contents:Contractile Proteins:Tropomyosin as the Spearhead of Regulatory Proteins (S Ebashi)Actin and the Sliding Mechanism (F Oosawa)Mutations of Troponin C to Probe the Molecular Mechanism of Triggering Contraction in Striated Muscle (R-Y Tan)The Progress in Research of Catch Contraction (Z-X Gong et al.)Viral Proteins and Protein Biosynthesis:A New Enhancer Element ENII in HBV (Z-P Li et al.)Beta Globin Locus Activation Region: A Novel Cis-Acting Element (Q-L Li)Insulin and Receptor Proteins:Experimental Evidence on the Receptor-Binding Site of Insulin (Y-M Feng & Y-S Zhang)The Structure and Function of Insulin Receptor (J-L Gu & P DeMeyts)Ohmefentanyl, A New Highly Selective Agonist for mµ Opioid Receptor (Z-Q Chi et al.)Enzyme Proteins, Immuno-Proteins and Toxic Proteins:Studies on Serine Protease Inhibitors from Three Different Families (C-W Chi)Analysis of Interactions between C3b, C3bi, Factor H, C4bp and Factor I (L-M Hsiung & I Gigli)Research Progress on Snake Venom of Agkistrodon halys Pallas (Y-C Chen)Protein Conformation:Unfolding and Inactivation during Thermal Denaturation of Creatine Kinase (Y-N Kuang et al.)Polypeptide Conformation in Surfactant Solution (J-T Yang)Atrial Natriuretic Factor and its Molecular Design (Z-X Lu)Functional Significance of the Free Volume Inside Proteins: A Conjecture (G Weber)Glycoproteins:Carbohydrates and Proteins (K-Y Wang)and other papersReadership: Biochemists.Key Features:Analyzes the key drivers of inequality across the OECD countries, based on comparable data and innovative techniques, such as unconditional quantile regressionsProvides the most comprehensive quantitative analysis of the various economic policies that shape the distribution of incomeProvides many policy lessons, including the under-researched issue on whether growth-enhancing policies widen or narrow the distribution of income