Fall 2022
Grant Writing Workshop
Pre-Annual Meeting Activity
November 16, 2022
10:30 am – 5:00 pm, Pacific Time
In-Person Event at the JW Marriott, Las Vegas, NV
Events & Conference Center – Cataluna Room
Theme:
Preparing and Revising Competitive Clinical & Translational Research Grants
The objectives of this edition of the Grant Writing Workshop is to prepare current & potential Principal Investigators (PIs, current and unsuccessful Pilot Grant Awardees) from Mountain West CTR-IN affiliated universities to write grants focused on clinical translational research, or community engagement research. In addition, we also aim to inform the PIs on NIH updates on grant applications and new FOAs.
November 16, 2022
10:30 – 11:00 am
Introductory Remarks &
Overview of the Grant Writing Process
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Grants
Ruben Dagda, PhD
Associate Director, Professional Development (PD) Core,
Chair, Grant Writing Workshop (GWW) Program
Chair, Advance to Funding (ATF) Program
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Nevada Reno
11:00 – 11:40 am
Writing a Competitive Specific Aims Page + Important Elements
Akshay Sood, MD, MPH
Associate Director – Mentoring Unit, PD Core
Professor & Miners’ Colfax Medical Center Endowed
Chair in Mining-Related Lung Diseases
Medical Director, Miners’ Wellness Tele-ECHO Clinic
Assistant Dean, Mentoring & Faculty Retention,
Office of Faculty Affairs & Career Development
University of New Mexico – School of Medicine
11:40 am – 12:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE
Workshopping the Specific Aims (SA) Page + Identify Strengths & Weaknesses in the SA Page
Moderators:
Ruben Dagda, PhD
Akshay Sood, MD, MPH
Participants are expected to break out in groups of three- four:
1. Present their Specific Aims (SA)
2. Get feedback from the PD Core Team in an interactive discussion
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (Foyer) *Buffet Available
Follow up and discussion on identifying strengths and weaknesses on the SA page
1:00 – 1:40 pm
Significance and Innovation
Moderator:
Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD, FAST
Director, Professional Development (PD) Core
Professor, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
Director, Ambassador Translational Research in Progress (ATRIP) Program
Director, Center for Healthcare Equity in Kidney Disease (CHEK-D)
University of New Mexico – Health Sciences Center
1:40 – 2:30 pm
Conducting appropriate biostatistical analysis of your preliminary data and/or developing an appropriate analysis plan for your application (Reproducibility/ Data Management Plan) |
Moderator:
Lauren Lessard, PhD, MPH
Core Faculty, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Research Development (BERD) Core
Associate Professor, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
University of Alaska, Anchorage
2:30 – 3:10 pm
How to write an organized & compelling Research Approach Section and Preliminary Figures |
Moderator:
Ruben K. Dagda, PhD
Associate Director, Professional Development (PD) Core,
Chair, Grant Writing Workshops (GWW), PD Core
Chair, Advance to Funding (ATF) Program, PD Core
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Nevada Reno
11:40 am – 12:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO
Workshopping the Research Approach, Data Analysis Plan, and Figures
Moderators:
Ruben Dagda, PhD
Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD, FAST
Participants are expected to break out in groups of three – four:
1. Present their Research Approach Outline and preliminary figures
2. Get feedback from the PD and BERD Core Team in an interactive discussion
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Talking to your Program Official & Identifying the Appropriate Study Sections for your Proposal |
Moderator:
Ruben K. Dagda, PhD
Associate Director, Professional Development (PD) Core
Chair, Grant Writing Workshops (GWW), PD Core
Chair, Advance to Funding (ATF) Program, PD Core
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Nevada Reno
4:20 – 4:50 pm
How to Successfully Engage the Community
Moderator:
Tony Ward, PhD
Director, Community Engagement & Outreach (CEO) Core
Chair, School of Public & Community Health Sciences
Professor, School of Public & Community Health Sciences
University of Montana
4:50 – 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks, Plans and Follow up (Post-evaluation)
Exclusive access to download all workshop slide PDF(s) from the Mountain West CTR-IN Portal
will be provided, upon completion of our online Post-Workshop Survey.
Contact Us
To contact the MW CTR-IN Administrative Core by phone, you may call (702) 895-1079 between 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays. Or, you may email us at ctr-in@unlv.edu at any time.