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Background and Significance

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<strong>Background</strong>• Convey the significance of your research to 1)increasing scientific knowledge <strong>and</strong> 2) improvingpublic health.• Reveal you are aware of opportunities, gaps, <strong>and</strong>roadblocks in your field.• Show reviewers your intimate familiarity with the field <strong>and</strong>knowledge about research being done, referring to allrelevant scientific literature.• If you leave out an important work, reviewers will assumeyou're not aware of it.http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/write/write_k1.htm

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