In This Section

Grant Writing Workshop: Tips For Success from Experienced Scientists

Friday, April 5, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Grand AB

Chairs:
Oliver Bogler, NCI-Center for Cancer Training, Bethesda, Maryland
Mariana C. Stern, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
Tiffany A. Wallace, NCI-Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Rockville, Maryland
Mathias Seviiri, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia

This session aims to provide new investigators (postdoctoral fellows and new faculty) practical tools to write competitive grants. Focus is on how to write well for grants, how to structure an aims page to help the reviewer “get” all the information you want them to, and how to write an aims page that makes a reviewer excited about your grant. We will address different types of grants from NIH (Rs, Ks, Fs, etc) as well as grants from other countries. We will also discuss Summary Statements (“pink sheets”) and have a panel where participants can ask experienced scientists about grants and grant review.

Program

Welcome from AACR Science Education and Career Advancement Committee Chair

Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH

Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia


Opening Remarks

Mariana C. Stern, PhD

Mariana C. Stern, PhD

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California


Types of Grants and How to Identify Them and Work with Funding Organizations
NIH Funding Opportunities (FOAs)

Tiffany Wallace, PhD

Tiffany Wallace, PhD

NCI-Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Rockville, Maryland


UK and European Funding Opportunities

Lorenzo de la Rica, PhD

Cancer Research UK, London, England

Elements of the Grant Including Writing a Compelling Specific Aims Page

Oliver Bogler, PhD

Oliver Bogler, PhD

NCI-Center for Cancer Training, Bethesda, Maryland

Mock Grant Review (R-type) and Moderated Panel Discussion
Mock Grant Review Pre-recorded Video
Narrator: Oliver Bogler;
SRO: David Ransom;
Chair: Tiffany Wallace;
Reviewer 1: Mariana Stern;
Reviewer 2: Mathias Seviiri;
Reviewer 3: Laura Fejerman

Live Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator

Mariana C. Stern, PhD

Mariana C. Stern, PhD

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California

Panelists:

Shamala Srinivas, PhD

National Cancer Institute, Division of Extramural Activities, Bethesda, Maryland

Tiffany Wallace, PhD

Tiffany Wallace, PhD

NCI-Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Rockville, Maryland

Laura Fejerman, PhD

Laura Fejerman, PhD

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Davis, California


Response to Summary Statement

Shahrooz Vahedi, PhD

NCI-Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Bethesda, Maryland

Laura Fejerman, PhD

Laura Fejerman, PhD

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Davis, California


Why Write a Grant and How to Keep Going When You Feel Like You Can’t

Robert A. Winn, MD

Robert A. Winn, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virgina

Closing Remarks and Evaluation

Oliver Bogler, PhD

Oliver Bogler, PhD

NCI-Center for Cancer Training, Bethesda, Maryland