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Summer Grant-Writing Course for Faculty and Advanced Graduate Students
Dr. Joseph Fagan, Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor
PSCL 453 CRITICAL THINKING IN RESEARCH
JUNE 1 - JULY 27
TUES and THURS 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Room: TBA
The goal of Dr. Fagan's workshop is to produce fundable proposals.
Information on how to apply and register is found at the bottom of this page.
Faculty from all the major academic divisions at Case who have taken Dr. Fagan's course have brought in some $33 million in total costs over a 17-year period. Dr. Fagan has been awarded grants from various divisions of the NIH, the NSF, the Edison Biotechnology project, the Spencer Foundation, SBIR's 1 and 2, and research contracts from private industry. He has served as a grant reviewer for numerous public and private granting agencies. Finally, he served as chair of the Institutional Review Board at Case for 22 years. In that capacity he reviewed some 7,000 research proposals.
The goal of Dr. Fagan's course is to produce a clear statement of your research ideas in the form of a PHS, RO1 grant proposal. Through exercises and discussion, your ideas will be elicited, refined, and conveyed in speech and in writing. A first draft of your grant will be critiqued by three reviewers. The critiques will provide a basis for preparing a final proposal.
If you have questions, please contact Joseph Fagan at <jff@case.edu>.
Readings for the course will be provided.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
Class 1: OVERVIEW
Class 2: PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF TOPICS
Class 3: TOPICS AND THE CYCLE OF SCIENCE
Class 4: STYLE, TOPIC STATEMENT DUE
Class 5: PHS GRANT FORMS OVERVIEW
Class 6: LETTER AND WRITING PLAN DUE
Class 7: METHODS AND AIMS
Class 8: BACKGROUND, SIGNIFICANCE, AND DESCRIPTION
Class 9: FORMAL TALKS
Class 10: FORMAL TALKS
Class 11: PROPOSAL DUE - 3 P.M. WITH EXCHANGE OF PAPERS
Class 12: MOCK SITE VISITS
Class 13: MOCK SITE VISITS
Class 14: Q&A SESSION
Class 15: FINAL REVISED PROPOSAL DUE, 3:00 P.M.
How to Register:
Full-time CWRU faculty may receive three-credit hours of tuition waiver in the summer.
Summer 2009 tuition is $1292 per credit hour. PSCL 453 tuition is $3876.
Faculty and all others not enrolled in a CWRU degree program need to apply as "non-degree students" through the School of Graduate Studies. Information for non-degree seeking students can be found at: http://www.case.edu/provost/gradstudies/nondegree.html
School of Graduate Studies is located at
Nord Hall, 6th floor
(216) 368-4390
Application to Apply as a Non-Degree Student will be posted by mid-March.
Registration for graduate students enrolled in a CWRU degree program begins March 23. Non-degree graduate students may register beginning April 13.
For CWRU Faculty who wish to apply for a tuition waiver:
Once accepted by the School of Graduate Studies, faculty should fill out the Tuition Waiver and Tax Exemption forms, attach a copy of your class schedule, and bring them to Human Resources in Crawford Hall between June 1 and July 1 (the last day to submit forms). You may also fax your forms to (216) 368-3582. Graduate tuition benefits are taxable if not related to your job. However, the first $5250 is tax-free. If the course is job-related, a Tax Exemption form is available. See links below.
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