390.721.01 PLANNING AND FUNDING CLINICAL RESEARCH I

Considers the principles of successful clinical research strategies and the requirements of funding agencies. Students identify a defined research project together with a suitable team of mentors and collaborators. With mutual review and criticism, each student develops a written research proposal in the format of a grant application which integrates the scientific principles of the GTPCI curriculum. Designed as a capstone project for GTPCI MHS candidates.

1) To integrate the competencies of the GTPCI curriculum in planning and proposing a coherent clinical research project; 2)To write a grant application to support the proposed research program, incorporating scientific rigor and elements of successful grantsmanship. 3)To write an IRB submission to permit the conduct of the proposed research.