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Grantsmanship Learning Module

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This Blackboard module contains a variety of videos and other useful resources to help you navigate the NIH grant submission process.

Goals

This course will help you:
  • Choose which type of NIH grant to apply for
  • Write an effective grant application
  • Navigate the NIH peer review process

Contact

If you'd like to connect directly with someone at UR CTSI, please email ResearchHelp@urmc.rochester.edu.

Enroll

To access this course, you must enroll in the CTSI Research Education Hub on Blackboard:

  1. Log into learn.rochester.edu using your UR/URMC Active Directory credentialslearn.rochester.edu interface with Courses and Course Catalog highlighted in yellow.
  2. Select the Courses tab.
  3. If you are already enrolled, CTSI Research Education Hub will be listed among your "CONTINUOUS" courses. Select that.
  4. Scroll down to Learning Modules and select it.
  5. Find the Grantsmanship module and select it.

If CTSI Research Education Hub is not listed:

  1. Log into learn.rochester.edu using your Active Directory credentials.
  2. Select the Courses tab on the left-hand toolbar, then select the Course Catalog option in the upper righthand corner of the screen.
  3. Search for "CTSI Research Education Hub" in the search catalog box, ensuring the creation date is before the current date, and click "Go."
  4. Hover over "SMD.CTSI.BERD" and click the dropdown arrow, then select "Enroll."
  5. The UR CTSI Research Education Hub should now be listed in your Course List.

Eligibility

University of Rochester investigators are welcome to enroll.

Cost

Free

Resources

Resource 1

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Current Course

This module contains a variety of videos and website links providing useful resources about NIH grant submission.
  • Overview of NIH Grants Submission
  • Developing a Successful Research Career: What Type of Grant to Submit
  • Application Advice for Research Career Development (K) Awards
  • Writing an Effective "K" Application
  • R01 Grants: Navigating NIH Peer Review
  • Grant Writing Tips
  • "Live" mock study section
  • Inside NIH Study Sections and Common Mistakes Seen on Applications
  • UR CTSI Seminar Series: Examples of Lessons Learned in Grant Writing

Schedule

Date & TimeSessionPresenters

9/12/23
4:30-5:30 pm
In person

Initial group meeting with learning cohort 

Laura Sugarwala/John Cullen

9/19/23
3:15-5:15 pm
In person
  1.  CBPR Foundations:Getting Grounded

Sherita Bullock, Healthy Baby Network 
Jin Xiao, URMC

9/26/23
4:30-5:30 pm
In person

Group meeting

  • Getting to know each other as people
  • Establishing group norms
  • What skills/abilities do we bring to CBPR partnerships

Laura Sugarwala/John Cullen

10/10/23
3:30-5:30 pm
Virtual

2. Developing a CBPR Partnership: Creating the "Glue" for Relationship Building

Brooke Levandowski, URMC
Tiffany Lloyd, Allyn Foundation

10/17/23
4:30-5:30 pm
In person

Group meeting

  • Building trust within the group
  • Assumptions about the group
  • Learn strategies for collaborative listening and speaking.

Laura Sugarwala/John Cullen

10/24/23
3:30-5:30 pm
TBD

3. CBPR in the Real World: What's a Good Research Question?

Kelly McDermott, URMC

Candace Cabral, RCSD Literacy Task Force

11/1/23
3:30-5:30 pm
Virtual

4a. Grants and Evaluation

Silvia Sörensen, URMC
Gretchen Anthony, Teaching Artists Roc