260.625.01
Scientific Grant Writing - Build a Compelling Grant Proposal
Individuals not currently enrolled as PhD or ScM students
Covers strategies for constructing a compelling 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. Prepares a short NIH-style proposal and receives feedback from in-class discussions and written critiques from others. Includes proposal topics that are selected by the student and developed with guidance from the instructor and others. Prepares critiques of classmates’ anonymous proposals for discussion in class and reviewed in an NIH-style study section.
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify essential components of hypothesis-driven research plans
Construct a proposal intended to convince reviewers
Gain grantsmanship skills by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of other proposals
Experience the strengths and caveats of a peer-review system
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- 40% Participation
- 40% Written Assignment(s)
- 20% Final Project
Recommended for, but not restricted to PhD students in laboratory sciences.