PrintWorkshop I Program - Grant Application Skills
The following is an outline of a typical schedule for the first workshop of the program. Faculty
members leading presentations can change. The first workshop focuses on grant application
skills and includes one-on-one sessions with faculty who serve as mentors to the participant
young investigators.
Friday
5:30 p.m. Informal gathering and dinner
7:00 p.m. Welcome and introductions
Saturday
Session I
8:00 a.m. Introduction
8:05 a.m. Hypothesis and specific aims
Including group mentoring on specific aims
Noon Mentoring sessions
Session II
1:00 p.m. Research strategy
1) Significance
2) Innovation
3) Approach
2:30 p.m. Negotiating a position and research time
- Your starting package
- Renegotiating
- Obtaining and use of startup funds
3:30 p.m. Individual office hours with mentors
6:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Additional mentoring sessions
Sunday
Session III
7:00 a.m. Breakfast and breakout session for Canadian participants
8:00 a.m. Mock study section using selected papers of returning participants
10:45 a.m. Review of mock study section and interpreting the summary statement
11:30 a.m. Assignments - Next twelve months
Program - Second Workshop
Noon Mentoring sessions
1:00 p.m. Individual office hours with mentors
