The Grant Pacing Workshops and peer accountability groups are designed to help you prepare the best possible grant. These workshops include 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 FOR F WORKSHOP
Creating a grant preparation timeline
Using task lists to ensure momentum
Avoiding common pitfalls
Crafting a Training Plan
Reading and understanding a Funding Announcement
Overview of major fellowship application sections
TOPICS FOR K & R WORKSHOPS
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 workshops is to help you keep steady progress to completion of your application for grant submission deadlines.
Open to Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Meharry Medical College postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty.
FOR AUGUST SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | June 13, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2 | June 14, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Limited to 10 participants
REGISTER FOR F WORKSHOP by June 5
FOR OCTOBER SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | May 31, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 2 | June 13, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due July 26
EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due August 9
EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by September 12
Limited to 16 participants
REGISTER FOR K WORKSHOP
FOR OCTOBER SUBMISSIONS
Session 1 | June 1, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2 | June 22, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due July 26
EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due August 9
EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by September 12
Limited to 16 participants
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
- VICTR Studios
- 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
Email the Edge team at info@edgeforscholars.org
SHARE YOUR SUCCESS
Raise awareness of your research by sharing your newly funded grants and published papers with Edge for Scholars. We’ll tweet your success!
Fill out the short survey that gives you an opportunity to include details, collaborators, and images. The Edge team will create the tweet and share it on @EFSInsideScoop. #EFSKudos
The grant pacing workshop was one of the many helpful resources I used to eventually get my K.
~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant
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
Instructor
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Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
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