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260.625.01 SCIENTIFIC GRANT WRITING

Term: 3rd term
Credits: (2 credits)
Contact: Marie Hardwick
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
  • J.-Marie Hardwick
Description:

Covers the critical components of a scientific grant application, common errors in grantsmanship and how to avoid them, grant application review criteria, ethics related to grant writing and reviewing, and identification of funding sources. Students prepare a short (6-page) proposal and a revision of this same proposal following review. Proposal topics are selected by the student and developed with the instructor. Students also prepare critiques of classmates’ anonymous, instructor-edited proposals for discussion in class.
Student Evaluation: Student evaluation based on completion of a well-developed proposal and constructive critiques of other’s proposals.
Learning Objective:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:(1) identify essential components of hypothesis-driven research plans, (2) construct a compelling research grant proposal that reviewers can appreciate, (3) gain grantsmanship skills by identifying the strengths and weaknesses in other proposals, (4) experience the strengths and caveats of a peer-review system.
Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Wednesday 3:30 - 4:50
Enrollment Minimum: 5
Instructor Consent: No consent required
For consent, contact: mhardwic@jhsph.edu
Auditors Allowed: Yes, with instructor consent
Grading Restriction: Pass/Fail
Catalog Subcommittee Actions: CourseDesc, CourseLearningObj, Recommended, RecommendedNote, StudentEval, TargetAud, CourseLocation, CourseFormat, IRBSurvey, AuditorsAllowedId, CourseOfferRationaleNote, ContactPerson, ContactEmail, StartingOfferYear, RepeatableRetakable, ScheduleTypeId, LabScheduleTypeId, .04/13/2011;
Special Comments: Recommended for, but not restricted to PhD students in laboratory sciences.