Winning your first NIH grant without losing sleep

Course details

This course introduces the basic concepts of pursuing NIH grant funding. This introduction is intended for graduate students, postdocs, faculty, administrators and entrepreneurs. In this high level introduction, I will cover grants, contracts and cooperative agreements. Topics include:

1. What a grant is and how to find funded proposals
2. How to find what the NIH is looking for and how to engage program staff as a grantee
3. How your proposal will be reviewed
4. What to do when you get your reviews back
5. Non-dilutive opportunities for startups and small businesses (SBIR/STTR/others)
6. Tips on preparing proposals
7. Pointers to other resources