Purpose: Provide support for UU Health Sciences PhD students to write and submit a strong proposal for the NIH F31 individual fellowship grant. By creating a coordinated time and space for students to write, ask questions, and share resources we hope to increase the number and success rate for F31 Fellowship Awards. This workshop is not intended to be a grant writing course focused on articulating a scientific idea, but rather a workshop to help guide students toward a specific submission deadline.
Rational: The F31 Individual fellowship mechanism is a flagship funding opportunity for PhD students in the health sciences. These followships provide external funding to cover stipend, tuition, fees, and health insurance. Beyond the financial benefits, these awards provide important professional experience, prestige, and help students develop their independent scientific identity. Most PhD students have never prepared a formal grant application, let alone, a multifaceted NIH grant application. These are burdensome applications, with difficult to navigate instructions, timelines, and application submission procedures. Given the challenge associated with preparing these proposals, coupled with the high institutional and personal value they offer, it is in the interest of the university to provide students support in the application process. This program will provide students with a productive writing environment, access to experienced pre-award administrators, and resources such as peer review, document templates, and examples of previously funded fellowships.
Schedule: 2-hour sessions, 1x/week, starting 10 weeks prior to the NIH F31 deadline.
If you have additional questions or would like more information, please contact Kristin Stephens (kristin.stephens@hsc.utah.edu).