Grant Writing Course

An Intensive, Interactive Course for Health Sciences Junior Faculty

GWC enhances junior faculty NIH grantsmanship through a highly interactive and instructor-led course. Over several months, junior faculty participate in 9 online sessions based on structured, formative assessment using The Grant Application Writer's Workbook (NIH version). Faculty develop a complete draft of an NIH grant proposal that is reviewed in by a mock study section comprised of NIH-funded senior faculty in Health Sciences.

GWC is evidence-based and highly successful.  You can read more about the course and its outcomes in our recently published article in Academic Medicine here.  

The course is specific to faculty who are actively working on a research proposal for an NIH R-type or K-type grant and we offer two discipline-versions of GWC: 1) Population and Behavioral Health, and 2) Basic and Translational Research. 

GWC is supported by UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (NIH/NCATS UM1TR005449), UC San Diego FIRST Program (NIH/NCI U54 CA272220), the Chancellor, and Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences.

Non-discrimination Statement
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories.

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The Grant Writing Course (GWC) does not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.