Grant Writing for Biomedical Scientists

3 credits · Graduate

Introduction to scientific grant writing for second- (or third-) year PhD students. This course contains lecture-based and active learning sessions. Content includes lectures combined with class discussions on grant agencies, format and structure of grant applications, concepts in peer review, best practices in articulating study design and data outcomes, rigor and reproducibility in a research plan, and crafting biological significance and training statements. Students write an NIH-style proposal and actively participate in topical study sections to receive oral and written critiques of their proposals and to provide constructive feedback of others' proposals. Open only to second- or third-year students in biomedical PhD programs.