GETTING STARTED AS A SUCCESSFUL
GRANT WRITER AND ACADEMICIAN

A seminar sponsored by

September 10, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
ACE 2.302 (AVAYA Auditorium)

The Office of Sponsored Projects is sponsoring a seminar September 10, 2008 for junior faculty, professional research staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research administrators interested in improving their submissions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and other potential funding agencies or in learning about the grant process in general. The seminar will be conducted by grant writing consultant David C. Morrison, Ph.D.  Dr. Morrison is co-founder and member of Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC, an organization founded by academicians for academicians seeking research funding.  http://www.grantcentral.com

The Seminar:  From Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC:
This seminar teaches new investigators how to write a grant application. The program content is appropriate for senior graduate students, postdoctoral research fellows, and non-tenure track faculty members who aspire to tenure track and have never written a successful grant application. The seminar is a modification of the advanced seminar, Write Winning Grants. The difference is that the pace here is slower. More time is allowed for questions and discussion and more basic material is included (e.g., organizational structures of the major federal funding agencies, how priority scores are calculated, what facilities and administrative [indirect] costs are, how to analyze a critique in anticipation of resubmission, etc.). Greater emphasis is given to how one starts to build an academic career, including how to write a career development award. The last hour is devoted to questions and answers. For example: What should a trainee be thinking about with respect to proposal writing while still in training? When and how should a mentor be approached by a senior graduate student / postdoctoral research fellow who wants to take a project with him / her? How does a student gradually become independent of a mentor? Why do many assistant professors fail to merit promotion and tenure?

David C. Morrison
Dr. Morrison earned his Ph.D. from Yale in molecular biology and biophysics and was a postdoctoral research fellow at NIH and the Scripps Research Institute. He has been continuously funded since the early 1970s by NIH (including a ten-year MERIT award), foundations, and industry. He is a member of multiple national review panels and advisory groups and is a recipient of awards for teaching excellence and innovation.

Registration and Materials
To register for the course, please print and complete the Getting Started as a Successful Grant Writer and Academician registration application [PDF].

Please Note:
Limited Registration: Only 125 participants will be accepted
Fee: The fee includes the cost of registration, an extensive handout, and a workbook
$35 per faculty member
$25 per postdoctoral professional research staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research administrators