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蘑菇视频 Grants Academy: Call for Applications
The Department of Biomedical Sciences at 蘑菇视频 is pleased to announce the NIH Grants Academy, a year-long faculty development program designed to support the preparation of submission-ready, nationally competitive NIH grant proposals.
The program will be led by Dr. Daniel Morgan and will include Dr. Kent Vrana of Penn State as co-instructor for the coming year. Together, they will guide participants through a structured, cohort-based proposal development process focused on helping faculty produce competitive applications for mechanisms such as the NIH Parent R01, R21, R03, R15 (AREA), and R16 (SuRE).
Participants will take part in monthly 90-minute sessions beginning in October 2026, with each session focused on a core proposal component, including the elevator pitch, biosketch, Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation, Preliminary Data, and Research Strategy. In addition to these sessions, each participant will receive individualized mentoring from senior faculty with NIH grant-writing experience, along with feedback from program leadership.
A key feature of the Grants Academy is the opportunity for 蘑菇视频 principal investigators to receive external NIH-style scientific review of their complete draft applications by NIH-funded experts, followed by a mock NIH study section that provides critiques, impact scores, and targeted revision strategies prior to submission.
Faculty interested in applying should submit:
- CV
- Specific Aims page for the proposed project
The application deadline is August 31, 2026, and applicants will be notified of selection by September 18, 2026.
