Grants Development Seminars
The Research Development “Nuts and Bolts” series has been jointly developed by the COM Offices of Faculty Development & Faculty Affairs and Research. Its goal is to arm researchers at any stage of their careers with the knowhow to craft successful grant applications. The series will cover topics like funding agencies, Biosketches, structuring an R01, budgeting, the Specific Aims page, biostats, the NIH review process, clinical trials, research compliance, and other topics related to research development.
Research Development Resources
The following presentations and resources from the Research Development “Nuts and
Bolts” series are available for faculty and researchers:
| Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|
| Funding Agencies and Grant Mechanisms | Christopher Davies, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Structure of an R01 | Christopher Davies, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Crafting Specific Aims | Mark Gillespie, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| CCTS Overview | Jennifer Crocker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine - Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Navigating the NIH | Emily Wilson, PhD, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Clinical Trials | Stefanie White, Director, Clinical Trials Office, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Funding through NSF | Glen Borchert, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Compliance (IRB/IACUC) | Dusty Layton, Executive Director, Research Compliance and Integrity, University of South Alabama |
| Budgeting R01 applications | Christopher Davies, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Biostatistics | Madhuri Mulekar, PhD, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Grant Writing | Jennifer Mills, MBA, CRA, Executive Director, Research Administration & Development, Whiddon College of Medicine |
| Using AI to generate your Literature Review | Beth Shepard, Associate Librarian, Instruction Coordinator, Marx Library, University of South Alabama Angela Rand, Library Director, Senior Librarian, Marx Library, University of South Alabama |
| Mining the Electronic Medical Record: Using I2B2 | Matthew Wyatt, Director of Clinical Research Informatics, University of Alabama at Birmingham |