The purpose of this course is to support BUSPH doctoral students/candidates in writing grant proposals in a systematic fashion under faculty guidance and with peer input.The fall portion will focus on general grant writing strategies,while the spring portion will focus on proposal development.Grant writing is an important skill for all doctoral students to develop,particularly those interested in becoming faculty members at academic institutions.The goal of this course is for participants to gain experience in the overall grant writing process while developing a proposal for funding to support dissertation-related research.Upon completion of the grant writing course,the expectation is that participants will submit their proposal for funding.The focus is on NIH/AHRQ F- series and R36-type grants,though students are welcome to use the course to prepare a grant for a foundation or other source of funding. Enrollment is open to BUSPH doctoral students/candidates who are at a stage in their training where they are prepared to actively develop a grant proposal for submission.Students may take the first half of the course and not the second(if they are interested in gaining general knowledge of grant writing but are not aiming to develop their own grant proposal);the first half of the course is a prerequisite for the second half of the course(i.e., students cannot take only the second half).

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