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Defining Your Next Project on Paper

Nailing Down Details to Shape That Next Project

The goal for this course is for participants to develop a one-page summary of a new research project. The class will focus on identifying and clearly communicating the gap in knowledge, central research question and hypothesis, and the significance of the proposed work.

The objective is to develop a project summary that can be used to discuss the development of the participant's research project with a mentor, or collaborators, and/or program officer.

Stay tuned for 2025-26 course dates!

Specific Aims Writing Workshop

Crafting the Most Important Page of Your Grant Application (no pressure)

CARTI is pleased to offer a new workshop series focused on writing the Specific Aims page of an NIH grant. This class will launch in the 2025-26 academic year.

Please stay tuned for more information!

Writing an NIH Career Development (K) Award Small Interactive Class

This course is for early-stage faculty or senior postdocs who are preparing to develop an NIH “K” award. In order to participate, faculty should be actively working on a draft of their K award, with the goal of submitting their grant application for the upcoming deadline.

All participants must have the approval of their Chairperson to participate. The course consists of a combination of didactic information and class discussion of participants’ drafts. This class is held every spring and fall.

To learn more or register to participate, please contact Dr. Marey Shriver.

Writing Your First R01 Grant Small Interactive Class

This course provides participants — new/junior faculty — who are actively working on an R01, with the opportunity to learn how to write a competitive R01 grant application in a small group interactive setting.

Participants attend weekly two-hour sessions, during which they learn how to develop the content of each of the following components of an NIH R01: Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation, Approach, Project Summary, Environment, Biosketch, and Budget. This class is held every spring and fall.

To learn more or register to participate, please contact Dr. Christy Chang.