Program Overview

Join us on October 20 for an extensive webinar outlining best practices for competitive grant applications.

Video Recordings

Can't make it for the entire webinar on October 20?
Following the program, video recordings of all lectures will be made available to all registrants to review for two weeks.

Topics Addressed in Detail
1. Funding priorities of Federal agencies that support biomedical research, including the NIH and other Dept. of Health and Human Services agencies (e.g., AHRQ, HRSA), Dept. of Defense, National Science Foundation, Dept. of Agriculture.

2. Types of research funding mechanisms (e.g., grants, cooperative agreements, contracts); including those that provide comprehensive costs for a research project (e.g., R01) and those that provide funding for pilot studies (e.g., R21, R03). Details on the individual components of an NIH research grant application, as well as best practices and approaches for completing each component vis a vis the review criteria.

3. Types and the different missions of NIH’s career development programs (e.g., K01, K08, K23, K24, K25). Details on the individual components of an NIH career development grant application, as well as best practices and approaches for completing each component vis a vis the review criteria.

4. NIH review processes specific for the different types of funding programs (e.g., research and career development applications); including the role of NIH Institutes and Study Section review panels, deadlines, scoring system, Impact Scores, review criteria, and the allowed number of applications.

5. Methods to identify the full range of investigator-specific funding agencies and programs that are appropriate for the investigator’s individual research interests and career level and goals; including implementing automatic systems to receive timely, comprehensive and relevant information.