Grants 102 Outline
In person sessions every 2nd Wednesday from February - June 2025 at MSB G100.
Session 1: Specific Aims/Abstract, Innovation, & Significance
Date: 12 pm to 1:30 PM, Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Speaker: Kevin Morano, PhD, Professor, SVP
Reading: The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 1-4, 6
Assignment: Identify a mentor, Generate Specific Aims, Innovation and Significance
Session 2: Research Design & Methods (Population-based Studies)
Date: 12 pm to 1:30 PM, Wednesday March 19, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Speaker: Ross Shegog, PhD. Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health
Reading: The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 7-10
Assignment: Specific Aims Critique, Revise Specific Aims page, Revise Innovation and Significance, Generate Research Design and Methods
Session 3: Research Design & Methods (Clinical Studies)
Date: 12 pm to 1:30 PM, Wednesday April 9, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Speaker: Martin Blakely, MD, MS, MMHC, Professor, Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School
Reading: The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 11-15
Assignment: Specific Aims Critique, Revise Specific Aims page, Revise Innovation and Significance, Generate Research Design and Methods
Session 4: Research Design & Methods (Laboratory-based Studies)
Wednesday May 7, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Dr. Zheng (Jake) Chen, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School
Reading: The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 11-15
Assignment: Revise Research Design and Methods
Session 5: Research Design & Methods (Data Science)
Date: 12 pm to 1:30 PM, Wednesday May 14, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Dr Hongfang Liu, PhD, Professor, Health Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Assignment: Revise entire grant
Session 6: Review & Response
Date: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM, Wednesday June 11, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Speaker: Michael Lorenz, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School
Assignment: Revise and compile grant
Session 7: Executing the Research and Planning for the Next Grant
Date:11 AM to 12:30 PM, Wednesday July 09, 2025
Venue: MSB G100
Speaker: Cindy Farach-Carson, PhD, Professor, Research Office, School of Dentistry
Reading: The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, Chapters 16-21
Assignment: Revise and compile grant
Completion Luncheon: 12:30 PM to 2 PM on July 9, 2025 at MSB G.100
