Overview
Planning to submit a scientific research grant proposal in early 2020? Need useful feedback on your research objectives?
Tufts CTSI invites 10-15 motivated researchers with developed biomedical, clinical,or translational research project ideas to sign up for Developing Your Page One: a Writing Workshop Series for Researchers. This popular four-session grant writing course is designed to help you develop the critically-important Page One (or Specific Aims) section of your grant proposals through peer review, grantsmanship training, and expert support. You will receive feedback and revise your Page One three times during the program.
By the end of the series, you should be able to:
- Apply strategies for developing clear and compelling specific aims
- Practice constructive and effective peer review
- Explain the importance of aligning your Page One with the funding agency’s mission and priorities, and of adapting it for reviewers’ areas of expertise
- Describe the NIH-style grant submission process.
The workshops will be facilitated by Susan Lewis, Associate Director of Tufts University’s Office of Research Development (ORD), and Anna Dalby, Research Development Specialist, Tufts ORD.
All sessions are scheduled for 9:30-11:00AM, except the final session. Session 4 is three hours long and begins at 9AM
Session 1 (Thursday, October 10, 2019): Overview of Page One and Funding Agencies
Session 2 (Thursday, October 17, 2019): Peer Review, Round 1
Session 3 (Thursday, October 24, 2019): Clarity, Concision, and Coherence in Writing
Session 4 (Thursday, October 31, 2019; 9AM-noon): Peer Review, Round 2, Next Steps
All sessions will take place at Tufts CTSI, 35 Kneeland Street, 8th Floor, Boston.
Participants must attend all four sessions and must submit a draft of their Page One by September 10, 2019.
Registration
Apply here by September 10, 2019.
The timeline of this program may best serve researchers targeting a proposal submission in early 2020; however, anyone currently writing aims for NIH or a similar grant is welcome to apply.
Priority will be given to faculty from Tufts CTSI partner and collaborator institutions. Once the course is full, additional applicants will be put on a waitlist. We will confirm your enrollment as soon as we finalize the registration list.
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Tufts CTSI Professional Education & Expectation for Course Participants
Tufts CTSI’s Professional Education programs provide non-degree continuing education and training for clinical and translational research professionals from all Tufts CTSI partners and beyond.
Course enrollment priority is given to researchers from Tufts CTSI partner institutions. If your participation needs to be approved by your supervisor or a person responsible for your time release, you may provide their contact information when you register for the program.
This course is provided free of charge, and was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of health, Award Number UL1TR002544. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.