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.

4:00PM – CLOSING COMMENTS