| Course ID: | PBIO 8200. 2 hours. |
| Course Title: | Grant Writing with a Focus on Plants and Microbes |
Course
Description: | The fundamentals of research grant proposal writing through
preparation of a dissertation proposal; provides insight into
the submission and review process. The course is aimed at second
year graduate students conducting research on the ecology and
genetics of plants, fungi, and microbes. |
| Oasis Title: | Grant Writing |
| Nontraditional Format: | Lecture/discussion hours are fewer than the credit hours because
the students will be devoting a considerable amount of time
preparing and editing their proposals and reviewing proposals
from fellow students. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The ability to write fundable grant proposals is an essential
skill for scientists in academia. This course teaches the
fundamentals of research grant proposal writing and provides
insight into the submission and review process. Students are
expected to develop a proposal on their dissertation research
that is compliant to specified guidelines. Proposals will be
critically evaluated during different stages of the proposal
writing process, and the final submissions will be reviewed by
fellow students, post-doctoral researchers with relevant
expertise to the proposal topics and the course instructors.
The final product should be a high-quality dissertation
proposal. During the course, the students will gain writing
skills, logical and critical thinking skills, and an
appreciation for the need to be precise and concise when
preparing grant proposals. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. How to write a great grant proposal
2. What are reviewers looking for in a proposal?
3. Preproposal preparation, presentation, and review
4. Proposal budgets and supplementary documents
5. Preparation and review of draft proposals
6. How do grant review panels work?
7. Preparation and review of final proposals
8. Assessment and ranking of the proposals using a grant panel
model |