R2G2: 6 Techniques for Writing Concise Scientific Articles and Grants

September 26, 2024 | 11:00AM – 1:00PM (PST) | via Zoom

Register here!   |   Click to Learn More

This workshop will cover practical writing techniques to improve the clarity and conciseness of your journal manuscripts and grants. The session will also review pragmatic strategies for increasing the writing productivity of your research team. Faculty across all lines are welcome.

About the Speaker:

Michaela Kiernan, PhD is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Prevention Research Center at the Stanford University School of Medicine (SOM). She designed and directs the SOM Office of Faculty Development and Diversity R01 Countdown Program, an intensive grant writing bootcamp for SOM early-career faculty that has generated over $152M in NIH R01 funding across 14 NIH Institutes for these faculty to date. Dr. Kiernan is the Principal Investigator of multiple NIH R01 grants examining of lifestyle intervention trials and retention strategies for randomized trials, with expertise in clinical and community research methods. She received her PhD from Yale University and did her postdoctoral fellowship at SOM. Dr. Kiernan has served as an ad hoc member, Standing Member, and/or Co-Chair of numerous NIH study sections; mentored faculty fellows from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds with the SOM Center of Excellence; and been awarded multiple Stanford divisional teaching awards.

Route to Getting Grants (R2G2) is specially designed for early-career faculty at Stanford. Sessions cover all aspects of grant writing, delivered through panel sessions, workshops and focused talks. R2G2 also provides unique networking opportunities, enabling cross faculty collaborations and multidisciplinary partnerships. R2G2 ensures that early-career faculty have all the tools and strategies to lead them to grant success and on to independent research careers.

Return to R2G2: https://grantwriting.stanford.edu/r2g2/