http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/advice-do-i-listen-to-those-geezers-or-these-disgruntled-not-made-it-yets/ biomedical research, just another job... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/advice-do-i-listen-to-those-geezers-or-these-disgruntled-not-made-it-yets/#comment-99 drugmonkey Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:57:06 +0000 http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/advice-do-i-listen-to-those-geezers-or-these-disgruntled-not-made-it-yets/#comment-99 Two good points from whimple. First, the Aims page is indeed the key part of your proposal and a GoodThing to get right. Second, the current-ness and quality of someone's experience is key to how you rank their advice. How close are they to your field? What has been his/her grant history (CRISP is your friend)? How well does advice match to the actual experience of investigators more like yourself (sci meeting BSing with peers is good)? Two good points from whimple. First, the Aims page is indeed the key part of your proposal and a GoodThing to get right. Second, the current-ness and quality of someone’s experience is key to how you rank their advice. How close are they to your field? What has been his/her grant history (CRISP is your friend)? How well does advice match to the actual experience of investigators more like yourself (sci meeting BSing with peers is good)?

]]> http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/advice-do-i-listen-to-those-geezers-or-these-disgruntled-not-made-it-yets/#comment-98 whimple Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:15:13 +0000 http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/advice-do-i-listen-to-those-geezers-or-these-disgruntled-not-made-it-yets/#comment-98 Disclosure: I'm starting my 5th year as an Asst. Prof. No R01 yet, but sending a resubmission in today. Useful advice: Find a senior person working vaguely in your field (doesn't have to be an exact match) who *just came back from study section* (any study section, but they must have as-of-today experience) and have them critique your Specific Aims page. Keep hammering back and forth with them until they think this page is *perfect*. Then write the grant. Modify the Specific Aims page at the end of the process if necessary. If this page is a problem, your grant is sunk. In my experience, you won't be able to find anyone who will help you with the entire 25 page grant (that's asking for a lot of mentoring), but people won't mind really helping you out with ONE critically important page. Disclosure: I’m starting my 5th year as an Asst. Prof. No R01 yet, but sending a resubmission in today.
Useful advice: Find a senior person working vaguely in your field (doesn’t have to be an exact match) who *just came back from study section* (any study section, but they must have as-of-today experience) and have them critique your Specific Aims page. Keep hammering back and forth with them until they think this page is *perfect*. Then write the grant. Modify the Specific Aims page at the end of the process if necessary. If this page is a problem, your grant is sunk. In my experience, you won’t be able to find anyone who will help you with the entire 25 page grant (that’s asking for a lot of mentoring), but people won’t mind really helping you out with ONE critically important page.

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