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Kick-Off – NU Model Grant Writing Coaching Group at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
May 18, 2016 - May 21, 2016
The 1st cohort of the NRMN Southeast Regional Hub’s Northwestern University Model Grant Writing Coaching Group will host its Kick-Off event May 18th through 20th, 2016 at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.
The deadline for applications is March 31st, 2016.
Postdocs and early career stage faculty investigators are encouraged to apply to participate as a Mentee.
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Senior faculty investigators with success writing several NIH-style proposals of one or more variety that were funded are encouraged to apply as a Coach-in-Training.
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Program Director
Rick McGee, PhD, Northwestern University
Contact Rick McGee, PhD (r-mcgee@northwestern.edu) with questions about the program.
Program Manager
Natasha Berryman, Morehouse School of Medicine
Contact Ms. Berryman at nberryman@msm.edu with questions about the program occurring May 18-20, 2016 at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Postdoctoral fellows and Junior faculty
Program Overview
Rationale & Background
Pattern-based Group Process
Rather than approaching grant writing with a “just do it” attitude, we have developed a novel approach that displays the typical writing or rhetorical patterns that are common to many NIH-style proposals and that are particularly effective for conveying what is being proposed and why. Knowing and writing to this framework has shown to be exceedingly helpful for early-stage scientists. Additionally, we have found that a group process across 2 to 3 months is far more effective for teaching and learning these skills than even individual coaching or mentoring by a single expert. In addition to getting real-time feedback from multiple perspectives, participants master writing skills more effectively and the camaraderie that develops among group members mitigates the isolation and sense of insurmountable barriers that early stage scientists can experience.
The process is modeled after the in-person grant writers groups that Dr. McGee leads at NU which have been successfully modified for combined in-person and virtual meetings in collaboration with the AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development Workshops.
Size of Instructor Cohort: 1 NRMN faculty; 5 to 10 coaches in training
Size of Cohort: up to 50 individuals in the cohort; groups break up into subgroups after the kickoff sessions
Total Program Duration: 2 to 4 months depending on the needs of the subgroups