The Grant Pacing Workshop and peer accountability groups are designed to help you prepare the best possible grant. This workshop includes two half-day, in-person workshop sessions. Between sessions, Dr. Bastarache and the Edge for Scholars team will be available to connect you to Edge for Scholars resources.
TOPICS
Creating a grant preparation timeline
Using task lists to ensure momentum
Avoiding common pitfalls
Crafting a Career Development Plan
Constructing a budget & justification
The goal of the workshop is to help you keep steady progress to completion of your application for grant submission deadlines.
REGISTRATION
Registrants must be preparing a career development award (K-equivalent) or R01 grant. The workshop will be limited to the first 16 K writers and 16 R writers. Subsequent registrants are placed on the waitlist.
Open to Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Meharry Medical College postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty.
FOR APRIL SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | January 10, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2 | January 24, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Q & A Zoom | February 7, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Q & A Zoom | February 28, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Q & A Zoom | March 21, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
REGISTER FOR F WORKSHOP
FOR JUNE SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | February 7, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 2 | February 15, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due March 29
EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due April 12
EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by May 12
REGISTER FOR K WORKSHOP
FOR JUNE SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | January 30, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 2 | February 20, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due March 29
EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due April 12
EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by May 12
REGISTER FOR R WORKSHOP
A registration email with workshop dates typically goes out one month before the first workshop of a series. Email Adrienne Babcock to be placed on the distribution list for future series or with inquiries.
eNotebook
- available upon registration; contact Adrienne Babcock. A registration email with exact workshop dates typically goes out one month before the first workshop of a series. Email Adrienne Babcock to be placed on the distribution list.
Video Library
- Grant Pacing Video Library (VUNet ID required)
Checklists
- K Career Dev Plan Checklist
- K Institutional Letter Checklist
- K Mentor Letter Checklist
- Biosketches and Letters of Support Checklist
- Budget Checklist
Handouts
- Powerful Aims Grid
- Sample Detailed Budget Justification
- Excel Timeline Template
- Trello Timeline Example
- Vanderbilt Institutional Submission Process
- Study Section Scoring System and Procedure
Resource Links
- 2022 NIH Updated Resources v5
- Edge Reviews Link
- Grant Pacing Blog – Announcement
- Grant Pacing Blog – Durango Kid series
- RCR – Counting What Counts blog
- VICTR StarBRITE Responsible Conduct of Research Calendar
- Kaizen for Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency Training
- NIH Rigor & Reproducibility Page
- NIH Application Guides
- NIH K-Kiosk
- NIH Human Subjects Decision Tool
- NIH Clinical Trial Decision Tool
- NIH “Open Mike” Blog– announcements from NIH Extramural Research
- NIH RePORTER & Matchmaker – database
- NIH RePORTER & Matchmaker – Edge for Scholars blog
Writing, Editorial, Personal, and Other Types of Assistance
- List of Medical Editors
- “No Help? You Can Still Delegate. Here’s How.” – Getting the most out of virtual assistance.
- Upwork and Fiverr– Lets you post task or project descriptions, receive bids, and choose the one you like best. Good for editorial jobs and writing help.
- Fancy Hands – Describe your task, let Fancy Hands choose someone for you.
- Zirtual and delegated (formerly Red Butler) – Assign you a dedicated assistant for the number of hours you choose. You then assign tasks directly during that time.
- “Rules of Thumb for Writing Research Articles” by Tomislav Hengl and Michael Gould
- “The Science of Scientific Writing” by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
I participated in this workshop series for the June submission cycle and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to submit in October! Even established PIs can benefit from the scheduling techniques and timeline management we learned.
~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant
The project management strategy of backing out the timeline and including specific dates for completion of tasks works well.
~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant
Breaking everything down into smaller pieces is really useful.
~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant
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