GWC Curriculum

​Course Goals

• Develop Jr. Faculty as grant writers

• Develop Jr. Faculty as (future) grant reviewers

• Empower Jr. Faculty to submit and receive extramural grant funding

Learning Objectives

• Produce a comprehensive grant proposal to be critiqued at a mock study section.

• Critique others' grant proposals through written and verbal peer-review feedback, applying the genre-specific conventions of grant writing.

• Evaluate feedback from content experts and non-experts and use it to revise the grant proposal through a multi-draft process.

Course Structure

GWC is an interactive, online course that consists of both asynchronous and synchronous content. The course occurs over several months (typically June to September) and includes 9 online sessions and 3 optional, but highly encouraged, in-person sessions.  Participants complete  homework (see below) in preparation for the online sessions, which are instructor led and include peer-to-peer and group discussions. Participants also meet outside of class with a content expert, selected by the participant, for guidance. 

Structured Formative Assessment

Drafts of each assignment are reviewed in an iterative process and participants receive feedback from peers, instructors, and content experts. The final proposal draft will be reviewed by a mock study section comprised of NIH-funded senior professors in Health Sciences 

• Workbook Reading and Pre-recorded Lecture (Homework)
• First Drafts (Homework)
  • Peer Review
    • Class Lecture
      • Class Critique
        • Second Drafts (Homework)
          • Peer Review
            • Class Critique
              • Revision (Homework)
                • Senior Faculty Feedback