Friday, April 5, 1-4 p.m.
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Grand AB

Chairs:
Oliver Bogler, NCI-Center for Cancer Training, Bethesda, Maryland
Mariana C. Stern, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
Tiffany A. Wallace, NCI-Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Rockville, Maryland
Mathias Seviiri, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia

This session aims to provide new investigators (postdoctoral fellows and new faculty) practical tools to write competitive grants. Focus is on how to write well for grants, how to structure an aims page to help the reviewer “get” all the information you want them to, and how to write an aims page that makes a reviewer excited about your grant. We will address different types of grants from NIH (Rs, Ks, Fs, etc) as well as grants from other countries. We will also discuss Summary Statements (“pink sheets”) and have a panel where participants can ask experienced scientists about grants and grant review.

Program

Welcome from AACR Science Education and Career Advancement Committee Chair

Opening Remarks

Types of Grants and How to Identify Them and Work with Funding Organizations
NIH Funding Opportunities (FOAs)

UK and European Funding Opportunities

Elements of the Grant Including Writing a Compelling Specific Aims Page

Mock Grant Review (R-type) and Moderated Panel Discussion
Mock Grant Review Pre-recorded Video
Narrator: Oliver Bogler;
SRO: David Ransom;
Chair: Tiffany Wallace;
Reviewer 1: Mariana Stern;
Reviewer 2: Mathias Seviiri;
Reviewer 3: Laura Fejerman

Live Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator

Panelists:

Response to Summary Statement

Why Write a Grant and How to Keep Going When You Feel Like You Can’t

Closing Remarks and Evaluation