HCS6315 - Scientific and Grant Writing

HCS 6315 Scientific and Grant Writing (3 semester credit hours) A graduate-level course designed to teach PhD-level students to prepare and write NIH-style predoctoral grants. This seminar provides students with experience in expressing their neuroscience research ideas in the framework of a grant proposal. Topics include: Scientific writing strategies, crafting a grant proposal, grant review process, and peer review techniques and skills. Students will produce NIH-style grant proposals, which will be critiqued following the NIH format. Prerequisite: BBSC Ph.D. student or instructor consent required. (3-0) Y