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The NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp is a two-day intensive boot camp combining lectures, hands-on activities, and discussions to demystify the NIH application process. This training will prepare participants to submit an NIH grant proposal that turns reviewers into advocates, positioning the applicant for success. The 2-day NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp: Building a Strong Foundation for Funding Success will provide comprehensive training that supplies researchers with the tools to write persuasive, effective grant proposals. Through a combination of seminars, discussions, examples, and hands-on activities, with a particular focus on navigating between-the-lines on how to tailor your proposals to grant reviewers, this training will orient you to all aspects of the academic funding process (i.e., grant writing and grant strategizing), including: How to identify and apply for the right funding opportunities with the NIH (and beyond); How to position your research and yourself to make reviewers your research advocates; How to target your application to the right place at the right time; and How to write clearly, effectively, and persuasively when telling your scientific story. Audience and Requirements Investigators from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. No prior experience in preparing or submitting NIH grant applications is necessary. However, each participant should be prepared to share* and work on an NIH Specific Aims page and an NIH biosketch. Participants who have not previously written an NIH-style Aims page and/or biosketch will have an opportunity to draft their page and receive initial feedback ahead of the on-site workshop. There are no other requirements to attend the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp. *Hands-on activities will use participant aims pages, and we therefore request that all participants respect the confidentiality of other attendees. Any participant who prefers not to share their research ideas may create a mock aims page to use during the boot camp. Additional Information Subscribe for updates on new Boot Camp details and registration deadlines. Contact the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp team. Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.

SPRING 2025 SEMINARS OF THE ROBERT N. BUTLER COLUMBIA AGING CENTER | Assets of Aging: A Series on the Capabilities that Accrue with Longer Lives Join us for the Columbia Aging Center's HYBRID seminar--the next in a series that focuses on the assets of aging and the capabilities that accrue with longer lives. Please register to attend on February 19, 2025 and select in person or virtual option. Details and registration link below.   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  19, 2025, 11:00AM-12:00PM ET Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life  Sam Pressler Practitioner Fellow University of Virginia, Karsh Institute of Democracy Research Affiliate Harvard University Human Flourishing Program Hybrid Seminar Location: Zoom or 722 West 168th Street, 8th Floor Auditorium Register to attend in-person and via Zoom at: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/meeting/register/-6CChb97QzOhPvJnsE_qMA   Abstract: Civic life in America has grown increasingly sorted by class since the mid-20th century. Today, your level of educational attainment is the greatest predictor of whether you'll have access to civic opportunities in your neighborhood, whether you'll be a member of a community or religious group, and whether you'll have close friends and social support in your adult life. In this talk, we'll dive deeper into these trends, explore theories on what caused these dynamics, and discuss their myriad consequences.  Please also see: https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/  

The cost of drug discovery and development is driven primarily by failure, with only 10% of clinical programs eventually receiving approval. The most important step in a successful drug discovery and development program is selecting the drug mechanism, usually in the form of a target, for the intended patient population.  We have demonstrated that human genetic evidence has the greatest opportunity to differentiate successful drug mechanisms in the clinic, increasing the probability of clinical success 2.6 fold across disease areas. Human genetics can also anticipate potential on-target side effects to predict and mitigate those risks early in the development process.  We also explore the potential for a variety of other forms of genetic and genomic evidence to differentiate drug program success, and consider where we are on the genetic discovery roadmap and what we can expect to achieve in the coming decades.

In the Basic Distribution Training, we teach users how to create web pages, news items, announcements, alerts, FAQ, and other basic content. We describe in detail how to format text, add images, create galleries, write hyperlinks, add redirects, and arrange menu items. The training includes information on creating support requests through JIRA.