Grant Preparation Workshops Begin Oct. 11

Medical Campus investigators, graduate students and faculty members are invited to a grant preparation workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 11 to learn more about the process of submitting individual research grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This workshop, which will be held on the Medical Campus, will include a presentation by Renna Lilly of the Office of Sponsored Programs and Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni of the Office of Proposal Development and will cover the necessary steps to submit a NIH proposal through Boston University’s Office of Sponsored Programs. Dr. Carter Cornwall will discuss the NIH study section review and a general structure to follow when writing your grant.

Grant Preparation Workshop – Administrative Presentation

Tuesday, Oct. 11
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Housman Building, R103

The second part of this series includes a small group session, where investigators will present drafts of their actual grant applications for feedback from peers and faculty who have successfully been awarded grants and served on NIH study sections. This session will be especially helpful to those who plan to submit NIH grants for the February/March submission cycle.

 Grant Preparation Workshop -Grant Critiques

Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 29 and 30
Location and time to be determined

All interested investigators, graduate students and faculty members are invited to attend the Oct. 11 session. For a more thorough critique of your grant in November, you must attend this first session. You are not obligated to participate in the critique if you attend the administrative portion.

If you have any questions, please contact Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni, Office of Proposal Development, at petcosky@bu.edu.