EMBRIO Trainee Professional Development Grants Series  

 

ALL EMBRIO Students and Postdocs are encouraged to participate in this professional development series.  

 

Upcoming Dates 

November 28: The Grants Process and Federal Granting Agencies – Faculty Panel 

January 23: De-Mystifying the Craft of Creating an Aims Page 

February TBD: Students present draft Aims page for Peer-Feedback (Jazzmin Owens and Peter Brumm) 

March TBD: Students present draft Aims page for Peer-Feedback 

 

November 28^th  Session - Panel discussion with NIH- and NSF-funded EMBRIO faculty in science and education research 

Monday, 3pm ET during regularly scheduled Weekly Update (and zoom link): 

 

EMBRIO Faculty Panel Members: Dr. Jason Cannon, Dr. Alejandra Magana, Dr. Chris Staiger 

 

The panel will have a high-level discussion and Q&A about their experience writing grants and communicating with federal granting agencies, along with basics about developing your grant writing chops now, what goes into an aims page, understanding the grant cycle process, as well as soliciting reviews and feedback, and building upon feedback. 

  

November 28^th Session Learning Objectives: 

• Compare and contrast different federal funding agencies for science and education research project funding 
• Describe the importance of considering funding agencies and grant writing development NOW 
• Describe the components and purpose of the aims page 
• Describe the grant cycle process and building from feedback 

 

Links for NIH Trainee Specific RFP’s: 

• PhD student - https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-051.html 
• Early-mid postdoc - https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-048.html 
• Mid to late postdoc - https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-188.html