2015 SOAR Agenda
Sponsored by the Center for Translational Medicine (CTM) & the Office of Faculty Diversity and Development/Office of Women’s Careers (FDD/OWC)
K2R PROJECT MANGEMENT PROGRAM (by invitation only, for early K-awardees)
North Campus, ND13.218
Monday, August 31 – 12:00 – 2:00, lunch included
• 12:00 – 12:30 – Arrivals, lunch, and welcome – Helen Yin, Ph.D.
• 12:30 – 12:45 – Introductions around the room
• 12:45 – 1:00 – Project managing your grant application – Amy Mackenroth, M.A.
• 1:00 – 1:45 – Customizing your work plan
KICKOFF SYMPOSIUM
North Campus, NG3.112
Monday, August 31 – 2:00 – 5:00
• 2:00 – 2:20 – Introduction to SOAR – Helen Yin, Ph.D.
• 2:20 – 2:45 – Develop a fundable idea
• 2:45 – 3:05 – Identify and write the key elements of a NIH proposal
• 3:05 – 3:25 – Using grantsmanship to pitch your ideas to the reviewers
• 3:25 – 3:40 – Package a professional submission to stand out from the competition
• 3:40 – 4:00 – Understand what happens in an NIH grant peer review process
• 4:00 – 4:45 – Panel featuring NIH study section members: discussion and questions from the audience
• 4:45 – 5:00 – Wrap up
WRITE A WINNING GRANT BOOT CAMP
North Campus, NG3.112
Tuesday, September 1 – 8:00 – 5:00 – Peg AtKisson, Ph.D. – Grant Writers Seminars and Workshops, LLC
• 8:00 Registration Check-In
• 8:30 Introduction to the boot camp
• 8:40 How to develop a fundable idea for a grant application
• 9:45 The fundamentals of a grant
• 10:00 Before you begin to write
• 10:15 Coffee break
• 10:30 Introduction to the specific aims page
• 10:45 The specific aims page
• 12:00 Lunch
o Faculty – Roundtable review of specific aims page
o Administrators – Navigating submission to SPA (only one admin per department, by invitation only)
• 1:00 Background and significance section
• 1:15 Preliminary data / previous experience
• 1:30 The narrative of your proposal
• 1:45 Biographical sketch, resources
• 2:00 Budgets and justifications
• 2:15 Title and abstract
• 2:30 Afternoon break
• 2:45 The review process
• 3:30 How to write for reviewers
• 4:00 Dealing with resubmission
• 4:45 General discussion and wrap up