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Grant Pacing Workshop

Pace yourself smoothly to completionof your grant application
Grant Pacing Workshops are designed to help scholars maintain steady progress towards completion of an application.

The Grant Pacing Workshops 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.

Sessions
Fellowship (F32, F31, F30, AHA)

FOR JUNE SUBMISSIONS

TBA

Limited to 10 participants

 

Career Development Award (K)

FOR JUNE SUBMISSIONS

Session 1 | January 22, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Session 2 | February 5, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due March 20, 2024

EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due April 10, 2024

EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by May 6, 2024

Limited to 16 participants

REGISTER FOR K WORKSHOP
Independent Investigator Award (R01)

FOR JUNE SUBMISSIONS

Session 1 | January 24, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Session 2 | February 8, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

EDGE REVIEW SURVEY ON INTENT due March 20, 2024

EDGE REVIEW MATERIALS due April 10, 2024

EDGE REVIEWER VIDEO received by May 6, 2024

Limited to 16 participants

REGISTER FOR R WORKSHOP
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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.

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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

  • For a link to a Timeline demonstration and/or a Budget Justification discussion (both Zoom recordings), please email Adrienne Babcock

Checklists

Handouts

Resource Links

Writing, Editorial, Personal, and Other Types of Assistance

Questions

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

 

 

 

upcoming Grant Pacing Workshop events [ view all events ]
December 14, 2023 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Stephen Patrick | MCN C-2209
Newman Seminar
Grants & Funding
Faculty Life
Mentoring
Management & Leadership
Early career faculty
January 11, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Panel | MCN C-2209
Edge Seminar
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
January 22, 2024 | 1:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Julie Bastarache | 2525 West End, Ste 1040
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Early career faculty
January 24, 2024 | 1:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Julie Bastarache | 2525 West End, Ste 1040
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Early career faculty
January 25, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Maureen Gannon | MCN C-2209
Newman Seminar
Management & Leadership
Early career faculty
February 2, 2024 | 8:00 am (In-Person) Student Life Center
Forum
Doing Research
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
February 5, 2024 | 1:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Julie Bastarache | 2525 West End, Ste 1040
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Early career faculty
February 8, 2024 | 9:00 am (In-Person) Dr. Julie Bastarache | 2525 West End, Ste 1040
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Early career faculty
February 22, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Dr. Mario Davidson | MCN C-2209
Edge Seminar
Communication
Teaching
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
February 29, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Panel | MCN C-2209
Newman Seminar
Faculty Life
Early career faculty
March 7, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Chad Lightner | MCN C-2209
Edge Seminar
Newman Seminar
Grants & Funding
Writing & Publishing
Communication
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
April 11, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) VUMC Media Relations | MCN C-2209
Edge Seminar
Communication
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
April 25, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) VUMC Finance | MCN C-2209
Newman Seminar
Grants & Funding
Early career faculty
RCR
May 2, 2024 | 12:00 pm (In-Person) Tara Helmer & Nan Kennedy | MCN C-2209
Edge Seminar
Newman Seminar
Writing & Publishing
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
RCR
Pace yourself smoothly to the completion of a grant.
Testimonials
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

Highly recommend for anyone, even if you’ve submitted grants before—the timeline is a particular technique that I will continue to use in my career going forward!

~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant

As a new investigator with a K award, it's hard to get a grasp on all the pieces involved in submitting your first R01 proposal. The workshop really helped me get a handle on the scale and scope of this task, as well as resources available within Vanderbilt to help me as I go through the process.”

~ Grant Pacing Workshop Participant

MAPPING THE PATH FOR K OR R SUBMISSION
pro tips for creating custom timelines
Success

Assistant Professor

Department
Medicine/Hematology Oncology
Award Type
  • R56
EFS Programs Used

Instructor

Department
Medicine/Gastroenterology
Award Type
  • K23

Assistant Professor

Department
School of Nursing
Award Type
  • R01 Recipient

Assistant Professor

Department
Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Award Type
  • R01 Recipient



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