On-demand Webinars: Planning and Writing Successful NIH Grant Proposals
Research Development Services (RDS) is pleased to partner with the AtKisson Training Group to bring six on-demand webinars for University of Arizona faculty and research scientists interested in pursuing National Institutes of Health proposals. While this series provides tips, tricks, and best practices, always defer to the NIH SF424 Application Guide ( Version H) for submission. Questions? ResDev@arizona.edu
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SESSION ONE
Part 1: Early Stages of Proposal Development (33 minutes) - What to consider before you begin to write your proposal. Understanding the NIH process. Talking with your Program Officer.
Part 2: Assessing Readiness and Choosing a Grant Mechanism (37 minutes) - Do you have all the components (Idea, Skills, Data, Environment, Productivity) for a successful proposal? Choosing a successful grant mechanism.
Part 3: The Timeline (16 minutes) - The ideal timeline for planning, writing, and assembling your grant proposal. A look at the challenges.
SESSION TWO
Part 4: Importance of the Specific Aims Page (45 minutes) - This segment summarizes the importance of developing, outlining, and writing your Specific Aims page.
Part 5: Specific Aims Page Example #1 (17 minutes) - This example outlines how to write the Aims and Hypothesis using an animal model.
Part 6: Specific Aims Page Example #2 (9 minutes) - This example outlines developing an intervention-style method using a hybrid proposal, how procedures cluster under aims, and addressing clinically-related questions.
SESSION THREE
Part 7: Significance and Rigor of the Prior Work (18 minutes) - Understanding this section of your application. Highlighting the importance of the problem and how the prior research supports your proposal.
Part 8: Innovation (10 minutes) - Demystifying the “innovation” criteria for NIH applications and review.
Part 9: Approach (45 minutes) - A deep dive into the strategy and organization of the most important component of your application.
SESSION FOUR
Part 10: Title, Abstract, and Administrative Components (14 minutes) - A closer look at these critical components of your proposal submission packet.
Part 11: Biographical Sketches - Evidence of the strength of your research team. Understanding common errors and how to optimize your personal statement, contribution to science, and research support.
Part 12: Budgets and Justifications - Thinking through what you need to do the work of your grant and ensuring the scope of your proposal is appropriate for the funding. Modular versus non-modular. Justifying personnel (and everything else).
Part 13: Facilities and Other Resources - Authentication of Key Biological Resources / Vertebrate Animals and Human Subjects - understand how these administrative components can enhance the quality of your submission.
SESSION FIVE
Part 14: Resubmissions - How to decide whether, when, and how to resubmit.
SESSION SIX
Part 15: Transitions and Renewals - Renewing R01's and K-to-R Transitions. Planning for your continued research funding stream.
Part 16: Writing the Progress Report - How to use the progress report to shape the narrative for future resubmissions. Ways to organize your report.
Part 17: How Significance and Innovation play out in Type 2 proposals. Avoid your research being seen as “incremental steps”. How to step up your research.
Part 18: The K-to-R Transition - Designing your K to maximize publications. Importance of collaboration. When do you plan to submit your R01? Planning your career trajectory.