In this specialized track of Effective Writing for Health Care, you will learn strategies and develop skills that optimize outcomes for grant-funding proposals. Along with guidance from writing coaches, a personal editor and a faculty mentor, you will produce a submission-ready grant proposal.
This includes:
Matching your proposal to the right funding organization
Avoiding common grant-writing mistakes
Developing proposals that reviewers can readily understand on their first reading
Optimizing your grant proposal for the reviewer audience
Conveying the uniqueness, value and impact of your work
Communicating the importance of the significance, innovation and approach of your proposal
Developing the following grant proposal sections:
Project Summary
Narrative Summary
Specific Aims
Research Strategy
Biographical Sketch
Budget Justification
Human Subjects
Vertebrate Animals
Resource-Sharing Plan
Facilities and Other Resources
Equipment
Bibliography and References Cited
Unique to this program are the following educational elements:
Review and analysis of strategies from successful grantees
Strategies to harness the power of data presentation
Expert guidance to maximize grant proposal effectiveness
Education developed by faculty with significant experience writing NIH grants (F, K, R, P, U) and foundation grants
Comprehensive instruction on grant-writing best practices
The perspectives of grant reviewers
Post-submission phase navigation
Tactics to leverage constructive feedback from external reviewers and colleagues
Convey the confidence that you and your collaborators are able to implement the proposal
Best practices for developing and utilizing figures and tables
