Self-Paced Proposal Bootcamp

September 22-November 20, 2026

Time TBD

Clinical Fellows
Faculty
Instructors
Postdocs

Register here (Click here)!

Registration closes Sept 16.

You will have at your fingertips all of our amazing grant writing resources!

Why Join our Proposal Bootcamp?

To increase your potential for success! Prior Proposal Bootcamp participants had almost double the proposal success rates as non-Bootcamp trainees!

Check out our published outcomes in PLOS ONE.

Our Self-Paced Proposal Bootcamp includes:

Overview of grant writing fundamentals for fellowships & career development awards
Tips & resources for writing compelling grants delivered through text & videos
Grant writing tips delivered directly to your in-box each week

Who this is for:

Postdocs
Instructors
Clinical Fellows
Staff

This Bootcamp is only available to Stanford affiliates at this time.

Comments from our participants:

“The deadlines forced me to think about my drafts and writing a compelling grant in a timely manner. Otherwise, I would have crammed it into 2-3 weeks before the deadline.”

“The peer review process helped me see my proposal through the eyes of a critical reviewer”

“It improved my writing skills”

“I really appreciated the grant coach office hours”

“Meeting up with other people that were ‘in the same boat’ as me was helpful”

Helpful resources:

Our resources use NIH Fellowships (F99/K00, F30, F31, F32, etc.) and Career Development Awards (K99/R00, K08, K23, K01, K22, K25, etc.) as examples.

Offered Next:

This Bootcamp is offered in the Autumn and Spring quarters. This bootcamp will be offered next in Spring 2027.

Other relevant Proposal Bootcamps:

Questions?

For more information, please contact Crystal Botham, PhD.

Did you know? Our Proposal Bootcamp was honored with an Innovations in Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)! The award highlights innovations in PhD, MD-PhD, and postdoctoral education and training, or early career development that enhance the institutional research mission. We have been featured as Nature‘s Quote of the Day: “Done right, grant writing can reconnect you with the joy that led you to become a scientist in the first place.”

Accommodations:

If you need a disability related accommodation to participate in this event (captioning, sign language interpreting, Braille, etc.), please contact the Diversity & Access Office at disability.access@stanford.edu or 650.725.0326. Requests should be received at least one week prior to the event.