Scientific Grant Writing - Build a Compelling Grant Proposal

2 Credits.

Covers the critical components of a scientific grant application, common errors in grantsmanship and how to avoid them, grant application review criteria, ethics related to grant writing and reviewing, and identification of funding sources. Students prepare a short (5-page) draft proposal and a revision of this proposal following review. Proposal topics are selected by the students and developed with the instructor. Students also prepare critiques of other students’ anonymous, instructor-edited proposals for discussion in class.