Course Description

Stay on a grantwriting schedule as we suggest weekly actions and tips, and point out common missteps in advance of the R-series deadlines. In the 10 weeks leading up to the R01 A0 deadlines (Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5,) you can read weekly lessons leading you through major stages of the grantwriting process. You will receive curated grantsmanship strategies to match up with your evolving draft. We’ll also share highlights from my virtual training courses. Note that while prompts lead to the R01 A0 deadline, the information and timing would help those writing to most major R- or K-series submission or resubmission deadlines.

Updated: Each grant cycle

You incorporate high level strategy and critical detail...noodging your Co-I’s to get their letters done and returned, noodging them again when they send them unsigned or they just aren’t perfect, even down to celebrating the submission with champagne because getting a great proposal out the door IS an accomplishment regardless of whether it is ultimately funded. Just wanted you to know I am loving this series!

Barry Braun, PhD, Executive Director, Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory
Colorado State University

Course Details

Who:  While the 10-week workplan leads to the three R01 A0 deadlines, grantees actively writing most major R- or K-level submission or resubmission formats will learn much from the weekly lessons.

What:  10 weekly lessons leading to three sets of R01 deadlines: February 5:, June 5; and October 5.

When:  Available on demand. Refer to the Suggested Schedule below.

Cost:  $499

How:  Feel free to customize these dates for your R- or K-series submission or resubmission by counting backward 10 weeks from your internal deadline.

Suggested Schedules



 Suggested Schedule Cycle I Suggested Schedule Cycle II
 Suggested Schedule Cycle III
Week 10 Nov. 27 Mar. 27 Jul. 27
Week 9 Dec. 4 Apr. 3 Aug. 3
Week 8 Dec. 11 Apr. 10 Aug. 10
Week 7 Dec. 18 Apr. 17 Aug. 17
Week 6 Dec. 25 Apr. 24 Aug. 24
Week 5 Jan. 1 May 1 Aug. 31
Week 4 Jan. 8 May 8 Sep. 7
Week 3 Jan. 15 May 15 Sep. 14
Week 2 Jan. 22 May 22 Sep. 21
Week 1 Jan. 29 May 29 Sep. 28

R01 Deadline: February 5 R01 Deadline: June 5 R01 Deadline: October 5

Feel free to customize these dates for your R- or K-series submission or resubmission by counting backward 10 weeks from your internal deadline.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this 10 lesson series, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify and employ crucial steps to take to prepare to write an NIH grant application
  2. Acquire key information about effective NIH writing strategies
  3. Apply NIH effective strategies to writing and revising a draft submission
  4. Utilize learned skills to critique peer drafts to hone their own skills
  5. Develop better grantwriting skills that will carry forward on all submissions, whether to NIH or other funding agencies

Content Disclaimer

Course content is updated with every NIH grant cycle. Content of this course was updated and re-recorded on this date. The content was accurate at that time. We recommend that you search for changes that may have occurred to the content since the recording date.

Note that the course title may have been modified slightly since the recording.