Sample Course Outline
DAY 1
8:30 AM – WELCOME & OVERVIEW OF COURSE OBJECTIVES
8:45 AM – GRANTS BASICS
Understanding NIH
Finding the Right Fit for Your Research
What Does NIH Look For?
Types of Grant Programs
Who Is Eligible?
10:00AM – BREAK
10:15 – PLANNING YOUR APPROACH
Understanding NIH – Funding Priorities
Use RePorter to find where your research fits best (Hands-on demonstration to allow attendees with personal laptops find where their research fits best)
Contact NIH Staff
Finding the Right Funding Opportunity
Plan Within Your Organization (Often involves inviting sponsored research staff from your organization)
11:30 – Lunch (Special Lecture)
Empowering the Next Generation of Young Investigators for Global Scientific Leadership (Sample Only.)
1:00PM – Writing Your Application (Tailored for R, K or F funding mechanisms)
Preparing to write your Grant Application
Project Summary
Developing a Strong Research Plan
○ Specific Aims
Developing a Strong Research Strategy
○ Significance
○ Innovation
○ Approach
Preliminary Studies
Resubmissions
Budget
Common Review Concerns
3:00PM – Meet the Mentors
Opportunity for attendees for meet and speak one-on-one with Grant Writing Mentors.
4:30PM –Closing Remarks
DAY 2
8:30AM – WELCOME & OVERVIEW OF DAY 2 OBJECTIVES
8:45AM – Peer Review
Overview
Peer Review Roles and Meeting Overview
Scoring
Peer Review Criteria and other Considerations
Summary Statement (percentiles)
Appeals
Second Level of Review – Advisory Council/Board
Post-Review (Next Steps)
10:00AM –TALK WITH THE EXPERTS
Opportunity to ask our mentors questions regarding their experiences as applicants, reviewers, council members, scientific review officers, program officers and review policy makers.
11:00AM – MOCK STUDY SECTION
Watch our mentors become actors as we portray a “live” study section.
12:00PM – LUNCH (Special Lecture)
If We Share Data, Will Anyone Use Them? Data Sharing and Reuse in the Long Tail of Science and Technology (Sample Only.)
1:00PM – MECHANICS OF GRANT WRITING
- ABSTRACT (DESCRIPTION)
- SPECIFIC AIMS
3:00PM – Meet the Mentors –
Opportunity for attendees for meet and speak one-on-one with Grant Writing Mentors.