Section outline

  • Lecture:  Research Strategy - Significance and Innovation

    Faculty:  Erin Van Blarigan

    Location (Access restricted to registered students):  Zoom URL

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides for Week 4 File

    • Discussion: Peer review of Specific Aims (Assignment 3)


    • Assignment 4, due 8a 2/1:

      1. Everyone: 1-2 pg rough draft of your Significance section

      2. K writers (& others who need to write an innovation section): ½ pg draft of Innovation

      3. E-mail the NIH Program Official (PO) of your PA/institute of interest to schedule a phone call in the next 2 weeks (by Feb 10th) to discuss whether your research topic and training goals are of interest to them. You can send them a copy of your draft Specific Aims with the email requesting a meeting.

       

      NIH contacts (program officers - aka "Scientific Program Contact") can be founded at the following websites:


      F31 (pre-doc) contacts: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_F31.html

      F32 (post-doc) contacts: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_F32.html

      K01 contacts: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_K01.html

      K23 contacts: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_K23.html

       

    • Assignment 4
    • Example E-mail to NIH Program Officer (PO) File
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Reading to be completed prior to class on 2/3: One of your classmates’ Assignment 4 (Significance). The document you need to read will be assigned to you on Monday 2/1 by 9a. Please also spend time reading the literature on your research topic. In preparation for writing the significance section of your proposal, you need to have a good understanding of what has been done in the past and where research gaps remain.