New Investigator Development Program

Grants 102 Course Outline

Monthly sessions from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm from February 2022 to July 2022 in MSB G100.

Session 1:Idea to Proposal

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Speaker: Kevin Morano, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Reading:The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 1-4, 6

Assignment: Lay abstract critique, Identify a mentor

Session2:Specific Aims, Innovation, & Significance

WednesdayMarch 9, 2022

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Speaker: Kevin Morano, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Reading:The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 7-10

Assignment: Revise Lay Abstract, Generate Specific Aims page, Generate Innovation and Significance

Session3:Specific Research Design & Methods ( Population BasedStudies)

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Speaker: Laura Mitchell, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health

Reading:The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 11-15

Assignment: Lay Abstract Critique, Revise Specific Aims page, Revise Innovation and Significance, Generate Research Design and Methods

Session 4:Research Design & Methods (Laboratory-based Studies)

WednesdayMay 11, 2022

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Jake Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Reading:The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 11-15

Assignment: Revise Research Design and Methods

Session 5:Review & Response

WednesdayJune 8, 2021

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Speaker: Michael Lorenz, PhD, Professor, Medical School Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Reading:The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapter 5, Chapters 16-21

Assignment: Revise and Compile Grant

Session 6:Executing the Research

WednesdayJuly 13, 2022

From 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Speaker:Kevin Morano, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Assignment: Comparison of Innovation and Significance start to finish, Comparison of Lay Abstract start to finish

CompletionLuncheon:September 2022