Writing Grants and Funding Proposals for Health-Related Programs

(3 Credits)

This course introduces the principles and foundational skills of grant writing. This includes skills in locating potential funding sources, understanding the process and procedures of assembling a complete proposal, leveraging the diverse professional roles involved in completing a proposal (principal investigator, co-investigator, consultant, pre-award specialist, research associate, etc), and using appropriate grant-writing style & technique. Students are guided through the development of an U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant proposal, taking a team science approach. Student teams will develop a mock NIH proposal, from locating appropriate NIH Institutes through development of program objectives, background, & methods; to the peer review process.