Grant Writing Tutorial

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This semester-long course starts with specific writing exercises to aid students in articulating the theoretical and practical significance of their project. These build into the specific aims and ultimately a full proposal in the format of an individual NIH fellowship. Class sections include topics on conveying ideas succinctly and engagingly, the structure of a grant proposal and the purpose of each section, and how to incorporate rigor and reproducibility into the proposal. The key component of this course is multiple rounds of peer review as each section is completed. The class concludes with a mock study section to illustrate how grant reviews are managed and to put the student in the mind of a reviewer while writing their proposal. We invite senior students who have been successful at obtaining individual fellowships to serve as the third reviewers. This provides another layer of structured feedback on their writing.