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2011 Grant Writing Workshop, March 4, 2011, Bethesda Marriott, Bethesda, Maryland

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AATS GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Bethesda Marriott

Course Directors:
David R. Jones, MD, University of Virginia
Y. Joseph Woo, MD, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, March 4th
7:00am – 7:30am		Registration
7:30am – 7:35am		Welcome David R. Jones, MD & Y. Joseph Woo, MD
7:35am – 8:00am		Developing a Research Program in Academic Medicine David R. Jones, MD

Session I – Funding Organizations and Grant Types Moderators: Y. Joseph Woo, MD, David H. Harpole Jr., MD
8:00am – 8:15am		Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Intramural Grants, Foundation/Society Starter Grants Marc R. Moon, MD
8:15am – 8:30am		Industry Sponsored Research Agreements (SRA) Frank W. Sellke, MD
8:30am – 8:45am		National Cancer Institute David H. Harpole, Jr., MD
8:45am – 9:00am		National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Keith A. Horvath, MD
9:00am – 9:15am		Small Business Innovative Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Bartley P. Griffith, MD
9:15am – 9:30am		Career Development Grants and Transitioning to an Independent Investigator Michael S. Mulligan, MD
9:30am – 9:45am		The Career Goal: Independent Investigator (R01) John S. Ikonomidis, MD
9:45am – 10:00am		Developing a Clinical Research Program, Trial Design, Patient Enrollment Timothy J. Gardner, MD
10:00am – 10:15am		Question and Answer Period
10:15am – 10:30am		Break

Session II – The Components of a Grant Moderators: David R. Jones MD, Frank W. Sellke MD
10:30am– 10:50am		Getting Started - Preparation/Grantsmanship/Dealing with the New Format and Page Limits Mark B. Ratcliffe, MD
10:50am– 11:10am		Hypothesis and Specific Aims – The Importance of Clarity Y. Joseph Woo, MD
11:10am – 11:30am		Research Strategy – Significance – Why Is Your Research Important? Marc R. Moon, MD
11:30am – 11:50am		Research Strategy – Innovation – How to Make Your Grant New and Unique David R. Jones, MD
11:50am – 12:10pm		Research Strategy – Approach – Your Proposed Experiments Frank W. Sellke, MD
12:10pm – 12:30pm		Writing a Revision – Formulating Your Response and Rebuttal Yolonda Colson, MD

12:30pm – 1:30pm		Lunch (Interactive Question and Answer Period)

Session III – Grant Submission and the Review Process
1:30pm – 2:00pm		An NIH perspective - Administrative Insights into the Grant Submission Review Process—Critical Do’s and Don’ts NIH Staff
2:00pm – 2:30pm		A Surgeon’s Perspective of the Grant Review Process Pedro J. del Nido, MD
2:30pm – 2:45pm		Interactive Question and Answer Period

Session IV – Mock Study Sessions
2:45pm – 5:00pm		Mock Study Sessions – Faculty

Session V – Conclusion
5:05pm – 5:30pm		Interactive Question and Answer Period
5:30 pm		Adjourn