Updated 12/24
We continue to emphasize a major focus on grant writing, a crucial skill for researchers to learn. Please check the CTR Workshops from monthly workshops and archived presentations.
Pre-Award (the Proposal, Funding Opportunities, Contracts):
- Grants and Collaborators
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Sign up to receive automatic emails from Research Matters funding alerts on federal and foundation funding opportunities every week in 25 thematic areas.
Search the Faculty Research Database for potential collaborators and Review Research Interest Groups for colleagues/ speakers.
- Shared Resources
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The School and University have a variety of Research Enabling Facilities to support your research, listed here. Within SMHS, Shared Equipment is listed here; request access to schedule (at smhsscheduler@gwu.edu).
Clinical Trials. Support to facilitate high quality clinical trial research with comprehensive administrative services that help move trials quickly from initial proposal through contract execution. Research administrators will review and negotiate contracts, and biostatistics assistance is available.
- Preparing Effective Proposals
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SMHS Grants Library shares successful grant proposals/ application sections with SMHS faculty log-in.
Grant checklists, and relevant institutional templates are available for NIH F (here), K (here), and R mechanisms (here)
CTSI-CN Grants Enhancement Program (GEP) assists with grant proposal development by providing internal feedback on specific aims by successfully funded faculty.
Research development consultants and editing assistance can be obtained from the OVPR Research Enhancement Unit.
- Grant Writing Skills Development
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- NIH Loan repayment program
- NIH Early career reviewer program
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NIH regional seminar on program funding and grants administration
GW CTS 6266: Grant Writing for the Individual Investigator online course that focuses on the development of each component of a research grant proposal, and involves reviews by study section-experienced researchers.
GW BMSC 8219: Writing the Qualifier and Fellowship. This course is directed to doctoral students and postdocs considering a fellowship application.
Sophisticated online research study guides and publication workshops available at the GW Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.
Pre-Award Administrators Contact List and more is available in the Research Toolbox.
Post-Award, including Spending, Reporting, Closeout
- Award Management
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Once your award is activated at GW, the award management team can help review your award’s terms and conditions for allowable expenses. Make any Change Requests, corrections, and cost transfers in a timely manner with your research support team .
On a monthly basis, your sponsored project account summary is available in PI Dashboard. Please plan to review in case there are ever any errors in your budget, encumbrances, or expenditures.
SRI International, NCURA and other organizations provide training in research grants administration.
Award Management Contact List and more is available in the Research Toolbox.