Best Practices for Competitive Grant Applications 2020: NIH Funding for Research and Career Development Activities

Best Practices for Competitive Grant Applications 2020: NIH Funding for Research and Career Development Activities is organized by Columbia University Department of Medicine.

Date: Friday, October 23, 2020
Time: 12:30pm to 5:30pm

Accreditation:
Amedco LLC designates this Online CME Course for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ pending. Physicians will be able to earn the credit commensurate based on the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Overview:
•  Discussion of Federal funding agencies including the NIH and the other Dept. of Health and Human Services Public Health Service agencies, as well as other agencies that support biomedical research (e.g., the Dept. of Defense, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).
•  Discussion of the different types of research funding mechanisms, including grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and the different types of grants, e.g., those that provide comprehensive costs for the research project (e.g., R01), as compared to those provide funding for pilot projects (e.g., R03).
•  Discussion of the mission and the different types of career development programs (e.g., K01, K08, K23, K24) will be presented.
•  Discussion of the NIH review process specific for career development grant applications, including the role of NIH Institutes and Study Section review panels, deadlines, scoring system, Impact Scores, review criteria, and the allowed number of applications.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.