Grant Writing
ITMAT Ed offers resources and support in writing:
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Career Development Awards (NIH K Grant)
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Independent Research Project Grants (NIH R Grant)
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Grantsmanship Course
- Grantsmanship Course - for those actively writing a career development award
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- The Grantsmanship Course is designed to be taken while writing a career development award during the term in which you enroll. The course is offered in both fall and spring term.
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Grant Library of K Awards
- Grant Library of K Awards - available to those at the University of Pennsylvania with a Penn Key
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- Grant Library of K Awards: Grant recipients have provided us with a ‘read-only’ version of their grant and permission to include it in the grant library. Some have also included summary statements. Of note, no budgetary or personal information is included. Please do not reproduce or replicate content from these documents. Do not share contents of the library with others.
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K to R Program
- K to R Program - for those currently on a career development award
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K to R Program: This 1-year program is designed to support early career scientists progress from mentor-directed investigator to independent investigator.
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Writing an NIH Grant Course
- Writing an NIH Grant Course - for those writing an NIH R01 grant
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Writing an NIH Grant Course: This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the NIH structure, submission and review process as well as foundational knowledge for any R01 grant proposal. The course will cover the preparation and writing of the grant application focusing on the required sections of the R01 grant (e.g. biosketch, specific aims, innovation, significance, research strategy and approach) and the expectations/requirements for each of these sections.
- Offered each spring term
Internal and External Grant Writing Resources shared from the Junior Investigators' Symposium.
Save the date for the next Junior Investigators' Symposium on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
on Penn's campus, in the Rubenstein Auditorium, in the Smilow Center for Translational Research