‘Grant Writing’
11th Annual ASCB Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop
May. 10, 2016—The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) is accepting applications for the 11th Annual Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop. The workshop will be held July 16-18, 2016, at the University of North Carolina Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The application deadline has been extended until May 20, 2016. The workshop...
Postdocs: Apply now for grant writing and professional development coaching group sponsored by NMRN
Mar. 8, 2016—NRMN is a nationwide consortium of biomedical professionals and institutions collaborating to provide all trainees across the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences with evidence-based mentorship and professional development programming that emphasizes the benefits and challenges of diversity, inclusivity and culture within mentoring relationships, and more broadly the research workforce. The goal of the National Research Mentoring Network is to enhance the...
Apply for the 2015 Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards
Jun. 5, 2015—Apply Today for the 2015 Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards September 18-19, 2015 The Westin Buckhead Atlanta, Georgia APPLY TODAY This September, the AAMC will offer the Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awardsfor faculty actively working on a K or R proposal. The workshop will be led by Dr. Rick McGee, Associate Dean...
NIH Webinar on Navigating NIH Application Submission and Review Process
Oct. 9, 2014—Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-002 Key Dates Release Date: October 2, 2014 – See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-002.html#sthash.raYg0Rq3.dpuf Purpose The purpose of this Notice is to inform new NIH grant applicants, those who mentor them and others about upcoming webinars that could help them better navigate the NIH application submission and review processes. The NIH Center for Scientific Review...
Sample NRSA Fellowship application now available from NIAID
Sep. 23, 2014—The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) now has a sample NRSA fellowship application and accompanying summary statement available on their website. If you’re writing an individual F30, F31, or F32 pre- or postdoctoral NRSA application, it’s helpful to see examples of successful applications. Ideally, you would read a specific example of the...
NRSA Seminar with Dr. Kim Petrie
Sep. 2, 2014—The Chemical Biology Interface Training Program is excited to announce a 2-part series this fall, “Writing F31 and F32 NRSA Grants”! Please join us for Part 1 at 1:30 p.m. in 214 Light Hall, September 26th–Kim Petrie, PhD, will discuss the nuts and bolts of grant writing, including what makes NIH fellowships different from research grants, application...
What’s the Secret to Getting Grants?
Jun. 25, 2014—What is the secret to getting grants? Cutting edge science and collaborative projects both play a role, not to mention luck. This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights more.
The program announcement for the individual postdoctoral NRSA fellowship (F32) has been reissued
Mar. 20, 2014—The NIH recently reissued the program announcement for the F32 postdoctoral NRSA fellowship. The new program announcement, PA-14-149, is effective with the April 8, 2014, application deadline. The changes are in response to the recommendations made by the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH. As always, before applying for an F32 NRSA, be...
Predoctoral NRSA fellowships (F30 and F31) now funded by nearly all NIH institutes
Mar. 20, 2014—Effective with the April 8 submission deadline, nearly all the NIH institutes and centers will now fund individual predoctoral NRSA fellowships (F30 and F31 mechanisms)! This is exciting news for predoctoral fellows, as previous to this change, only about half of the NIH institutes funded F30 and F31 predoctoral NRSAs. This change is in response to the...
How to Create a Plan for RCR Education for your NIH Fellowship or Career Development Award
Feb. 13, 2014—Friday, March 21, 20149:00-10:00amCRC Conference Room (A-3210 MCN) Elizabeth Heitman is leading this presentation which will explore the criteria of and recommendations for creating a Responsible Conduct of Research education plan for an NIH Fellowship or Career Development Award application. For more info, visit the workshop series site.
The eligibility criteria for the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award have changed
Jan. 16, 2014—The NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award began in 2006 as a grant mechanism that supports young scientists in transitioning from postdoctoral training to an independent research career. Recently, the parent program announcement for the K99/R00 award was resissued (see PA-14-042). The new PA spells out new eligibility requirements and describes the ideal candidate in...