ORS continues to invest in the future of our musculoskeletal research and orthopaedic communities through our rigorous mentoring and training programs. One of our most successful, long-term programs has been our grant writing program that have had more than 280 participants and more than $100M in funding. This program has provided our research community with the tools and resources needed to write a compelling grant to ensure the success of their research program.
Course Curriculum
This course consists of an online set of lectures culminating in a full day interactive workshop. The online lectures will cover the basics for writing a compelling grant application. The workshop will then provide an opportunity for participants to prepare, revise, and review a specific aims page or a full proposal with expert faculty.
The online portion of the course consists of 28 individual lectures with 8 learning modules and a total of 9 hours of learning.
- Each individual lecture is approximately 10 – 15 minutes in length.
- The online course is designed to be taken in chronological order. Of course, you can listen and revisit each module as often as you’d like.
- This course offers office hours with faculty, an informal Q&A with selected faculty and live webinars. Details will be sent to all course participants at a later date.
The in-person portion of the course will take place the day before the ORS Annual Meeting.
- Participants will have the opportunity to submit specific aims pages or full proposals prior to the meeting.
- During a “Specific Aims Lab,” participants will discuss and revise their specific aims pages in small groups with individual faculty.
- During a “Mock Study Section,” a subset of proposals submitted by participants will be reviewed, mimicking the process of NIH Study Section review.
- There will be networking and mentoring opportunities throughout the day for participants.
Faculty
The program is taught by a diverse and multi-disciplinary faculty including engineers, biologists, and orthopaedic surgeons who have been successful in obtaining federal research funding. The faculty will offer practical insights on designing impactful basic, translational, and clinical grant proposals, with an emphasis on how to effectively communicate ideas to reviewers. Visit this page to view the disclosures for this course.
Who would benefit from this course?
This program provides the orthopaedic research community of residents, surgeons, basic scientists, and engineers with the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to write a successful grant application. All career levels and disciplines in the field of musculoskeletal research and research relating to orthopaedics will benefit from the course.
Online Course Content
How to Write the Best Grant – Selecting the Right Mechanism
Strategies for Grant Submissions: Who is Your Audience?
Richard L. Lieber, PhD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University
Why Grants Matter for Academic Scientists and Physicians
Francis Y. Lee, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Alternative Funding Sources: Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Ponda Barnes, PhD, MPH, CRA
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Alternative Funding Sources: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Inc. Biologics (MTF Biologics)
Jeffrey Cartmell, PhD
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Inc. Biologics (MTF Biologics)
Introduction to NIH/Managing an Early Investigator Status
Gayle Lester, PhD
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Navigating National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS): Funding Opportunities
Charles H. Washabaugh, PhD
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
How to Write the Best Grant – Project Planning & Aims
Proposal Concept and Planning
Elise F. Morgan, PhD
Boston University
Significance, Impact, and Innovation
James C. Iatridis, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
How to Write a Compelling Specific Aims Page
Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD
Columbia University
Hypothesis Development
Mitchell B. Schaffler, PhD
The City College of New York
How to Write the Best Grant – Approach and Collaborations
How to Present Preliminary Data
Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD
Columbia University
Approach Section (Basic Science Grants)
Alice Huang, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Approach Section (Clinical Research Grants)
Kurt P. Spindler, MD
Cleveland Clinic
How to Write the Best Grant – Critical Additional Components
The Importance of a Strong Statistical Design: Sample Size, Data Analysis, Power Analysis
Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Anticipating Critiques: Potential Problems & Alternative Approaches
Hicham Drissi, PhD
Emory University
How to Use Supporting Documents to Strengthen Your Proposal
Tamara Alliston, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
The Unscored Section of NIH Grants (Resources, Biohazards, Foreign Organizations, Select Agents, Resource Sharing Plans & Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources
Karl J. Jepsen, PhD
University of Michigan
Budget and Budget Justification
Ling Qin, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Elements of Grants: Overview (PHS 398 & Newer Forms)
Nadeen O. Chahine, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Rigor and Reproducibility
Edward Schwarz, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Career Transitions and NIH K-Grants
Logistics of Clinical Trials: Clinical Trials are not for Everyone
Kurt P. Spindler, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Transition from NIH K- to NIH R- Grants
Kurt R. Weiss, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Basic Scientist Career Transitions
Ralph Marcucio, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Peer Review Process
NIH Center for Scientific Review: Peer Review Process to Determine Scientific Merit of Grant Applications
Daniel F. McDonald, PhD
former employee of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Guidance on Study Section and Institute Assignment Requests
Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD
Columbia University
Pathways for Research
Vertebrae Animal Section and IACUC Approval
Kurt Hankenson, DVM, PhD
University of Michigan
What’s the End Game?
Edward Schwarz, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
What’s Next?
What is the Next Step if Grant is or is Not Funded
Ralph Marcucio, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
In-Person Course Content
Friday, February 7, 2020
Phoenix, Arizona
The specific aims page is considered by most to be the most important page of a grant application. Faculty will discuss specific aims pages submitted by each attendee and help attendees revise and improve their ideas and presentation.
Specific aims page must be submitted by December 1, 2019
Faculty will review a subset of grants submitted by the registrants, following the same procedures used at NIH study sections.
Although the focus of the workshop is on NIH R01 applications, attendees are encouraged to submit a proposal they are currently working on, including OREF research proposals, NIH R21 proposals, and NIH K-award proposal. Applications will be assigned to faculty, who will review and discuss your grant proposal with you if it is not selected to be reviewed during a mock study section.
Only grants submitted by September 10, 2019 will be reviewed.
This workshop provides numerous opportunities to network and get feedback from faculty, including working lunches, networking receptions, and small group discussions.
Officers from the NIH will participate in the workshop by giving presentations, answering questions, networking, and contributing to the mock study section.
Attendees will be assigned faculty member/mentor for discussion of their career paths, submitted specific aims and/or research proposals, and networking.
Art of Grantsmanship Registration
There are two types of registration available:
Individual Registration:
- Perfect for students, post-docs, residents, fellows, junior faculty or anyone who is in the process of submitting their first grant
- Access course lectures on-demand
- Learn at your own pace
- Access to course curriculum for one year from registration date
- Certificate of completion
Individual Learner Registration Fee:
$175
Multi-Learner Registration:
- Perfect for residency programs, academic institutions, and hospitals
- Enrollment for up to twelve learners offered at a discount
- Access course lectures on-demand
- Learn at each learner’s own pace
- Access to course curriculum for one year from registration date
- Certificate of completion for each learner
- Access to performance data reporting all from one location. To view Reports Guide for multi-user administrator, please click here.
Multi -Learner Registration Fee:
1 – 3 Learners: $350 (a savings of up to $175)
4 – 6 Learners: $600 (a savings of up to $450)
7 – 12 Learners: $1,075 (a savings of up to $1,250)
