Assignment 4
• You are to write a mini grant application on
“How Protein Structure Can Be Used to Study
Evolution”
• It will consist of:
– an introduction as to why structure is useful to
study evolution and work that has been done in
the field already
– Specific aims on what you will do when awarded
the grant
Rubric
• An understanding of what protein structure
brings to the study of evolution (5)
• Description of the most relevant literature and
evidence that you have read and understood
it (7)
• Novelty of your ideas as embodied in the
specific aims (8)
• (Total 20)