BB 552: Scientific Writing and Proposal Development

Credits 3.0

This course will cover key elements to writing successful grant proposals including identification and justification of a research question, experimental approaches, and experimental system selection. Emphasis will be placed on how significance, innovation, rigor and reproducibility of prior and proposed work help shape the broader research question being addressed and the specific aims proposed. Students will be expected to develop an NIH F31 style proposal based within the life sciences and outside their dissertation field. Interactive peer feedback will complement guidance obtained from the instructors and the student’s own research advisor and is a critical part of this course. Students are expected to complete this course in their second year of their thesis research, prior to their Qualifying Exam. Students may receive credit for either BB552 or a BB570 course entitled Scientific Writing and Proposal Development but not both.