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Introduction to Grant Writing
Location
Internet
Term
1st Term
Department
Clinical Investigation
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Wednesday, 5:00 - 8:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
No prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Restriction
GTPCI PhD and MHS students are not permitted to register for this course.
Covers all scientific portions of a typical NIH grant; both K and R-type grants [Specific Aims, Significance & Innovation, and Approach (Preliminary Data and Research Design and Methods)] and important non-scientific sections (e.g., biosketches, budgets, etc.). Covers the process of grant reviews. Writes a scientifically compelling Specific Aims page using the standard NIH format and will be able to formulate the other scientific and non-scientific portions of the grant.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Propose a set of inter-related research questions that would translate into a scientifically rigorous grant application
- Write a scientifically compelling Specific Aims page in the NIH format
- Formulate an approach to completing all scientific and non-scientific portions of a grant
- Review colleagues’ grant ideas in a constructive manner
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 40% Homework
- 20% Peer-feedback
- 20% Final Project
- 20% Participation