Original Research Proposal

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This course is a required one-credit one-semester course for third-year graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Chemistry. The course covers topics related to research proposals in all fields of chemistry, including the conception and writing of innovative proposals as well as the associated review process. Each student will be tasked with creating an original research proposal that will be aided, and then reviewed, by peer teams that emulate NSF review panels or NIH study sections. As such, the course will provide guidance for the written and oral component for the 3rd year Original Research Proposal (ORP) exam early in the spring semester, as well as for proposals intended to secure resources in future careers.