Past Events
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R2G2: NIH New Simplified Review Framework
NIH has simplified its peer review process for most research project grants! The new framework for NIH Peer Review Criteria reorganized Significance, Investigators, Innovation, Approach, and Environment into three factors, all of which contribute to the overall impact score.
Writing Non-US Grants Workshop
Are you an international student or postdoc at Stanford and are you wondering what kind of grants you can apply for? The Grant Writing Academy is organizing a one-hour workshop about non-US grant writing.
Self-Paced Proposal Bootcamp (BIOS 299)
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Bootcamp is now closed. If you are a graduate student and interested in joining, email Crystal Botham.
Online Proposal Bootcamp (BIOS 425)
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Bootcamp is now closed. If you are a graduate student and interested in joining, email Crystal Botham.
NRSA Proposal Bootcamp (BIOS 242 – Section 2)
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Bootcamp is now closed. If you are a graduate student and interested in joining, email Crystal Botham.
Faculty & Instructor K Award Proposal Bootcamp
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Bootcamp is now closed. Our next Faculty & Instructor K Award Proposal Bootcamp will be in Autumn 2025 (Wednesdays September 24 - November 19, 2025 at 2-3:20PM).
Faculty Peer Review Session
Do you have a writing project on which you’d like to receive feedback from peers? Are you having a difficult time finding peers with the time to offer you effective feedback? Are you feeling stuck on a specific component?
Strategic Writing for Quals and Beyond (BIOS 242 – Section 1)
Registration for this Autumn 2025 course is now closed. If you are a graduate student and interested in joining, email Crystal Botham.
R2G2: Budgeting Basics for Pre-Award Management
Struggling with understanding everything that goes into pre-award budget management? Want to gain some clarity, especially during these uncertain times? Come join us for a 1hr session to learn all about the pre-award budget basics!
Faculty Peer Review Session
Do you have a writing project on which you’d like to receive feedback from peers? Are you having a difficult time finding peers with the time to offer you effective feedback? Are you feeling stuck on a specific component?
Smart and Effective Funding Searches
Grant Writing Academy Seminar Series With federal funding becoming less predictable, it is more crucial than ever for researchers to explore alternative funding sources. To address these challenges, Stanford provides access to tools like GrantForward and Dimensions, designed to streamline your funding opportunity searches.
Guide to the NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program – Info Session & Panel Discussion
Did you know the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is designed to reduce the financial burdens associated with educational debt? The LRP’s goal is to retain talented trainees in careers that conduct biomedical or biobehavioral research.
Career Panel – Research Development Profession
Ever wonder what is research development (RD) and how your training has prepared you to enter this dynamic and growing profession? Looking to use your “academic” and other skill sets in new and exciting ways to enable innovative research at Stanford and beyond?
Teach! Write! Learn! Become a Grant Coach!
Grant Coaches are essential for the Grant Writing Academy’s success! Click here to Apply Interested?
NSF GRFP Info Session & Panel Discussion
Recording (Click Here) & Slides (Click Here) Join the Grant Writing Academy on August 4, 2025 @ 11AM-12:30PM (pacific) to learn more about the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). Proposals are due October 2026.
K-Series Empowerment Bootcamp: A transformational journey for postdocs preparing K Awards – (June 16, 23, 30)
We are currently recruiting postdocs to join one of two scheduled K-Series Empowerment Bootcamps! K-Series Bootcamp #1: May 20, May 27, June 3 at 9AM-4PM K-Series Bootcamp #2: June 16, June 23, June 30 at 9AM-4PM Submit your application to join our K-Series Empowerment Bootcamp #2 – Registration is closed at this time. Grant writing can feel overwhelming, isolating, and high-stakes—especially when you're still finding your voice, your footing, and your future.
R2G2: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2) Seminar
Join us for a 1-hour session hosted by Elizabeth Seckel to learn about the NIH New Innovator Award. You will get to hear from recent awardee: Dr. Steven Banik and experienced DP2 reviewer: Dr. Daniel Herschlag.
Postdoc Writing Retreat
Do you want to develop a strong writing practice? Or, perhaps you’ve already begun the journey but it isn’t quite working out the way you hoped?
MSCA Workshop Series
Are you an (international) graduate student or postdoctoral researcher thinking about applying for the 2025 round of the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship? If this sounds like you, we invite you to sign up for this workshop series to obtain all the best tips and tricks on how and when to apply, get step-by-step instructions, feedback, and support in crafting your application!
K-Series Empowerment Bootcamp: A transformational journey for postdocs preparing K Awards – (May 20, 27, June 3)
We are currently recruiting postdocs to join one of two scheduled K-Series Empowerment Bootcamps! K-Series Bootcamp #1: May 20, May 27, June 3 at 9AM-4PM K-Series Bootcamp #2: June 16, June 23, June 30 at 9AM-4PM Submit your application to join our K-Series Empowerment Bootcamp #1 – Registration is closed at this time. Grant writing can feel overwhelming, isolating, and high-stakes—especially when you're still finding your voice, your footing, and your future.