The Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting a series of workshops on Improving Scholarly Communication. This one is entitled Writing Effective NIH Grant Applications.

This course reviews the principles of good grant writing to produce clear, direct, and compelling proposals. Focuses on understanding the psychology of reviewers and the review process, how to engage readers and facilitate understanding, and how to manage the proposal writing process. Suggests proposal templates. Includes exercises related to specific elements of a scientific proposal, particularly the Specific Aims page