Proposal Prep for Extnl Fundin. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisite: BIOL 630 . This course is intended for doctoral students in their first or second year who intend to apply for external funding for their research. The course is hands-on and students are required to identify sources of funding and to write and submit a grant proposal. Topics covered include developing research questions and hypotheses, organization of specific aims, components of the proposal, including significance, innovation, expected outcomes, potential pitfalls and broader impact. The course also emphasizes practices of good grantsmanship and provides an overview of how proposals are reviewed at NSF and NIH.