Faculty Reviewers

The Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy supports fellowship and grant writing for postdocs and graduate students. This multi-faceted program aims to support more and better submissions to NIH and other funding agencies. We hope that you will encourage participation of your trainees in this effort to broaden and deepen their career and professional skills, increase funding to Stanford, and provide transformative training to our students and fellows.

To ensure success of the Grant Writing Academy’s Proposal Bootcamp (Spring BIOS 263 and BIOS 279; Autumn BIOS 242), we are requesting that you serve as a Faculty Reviewer as outlined below:

  • We are requesting faculty participate in one or more 2-hour Faculty Review Workshops. The workshops do not require preparation or follow-up.
  • Faculty feedback at the workshops is a critical component of the program. During these workshops, participants provide their one-page Specific Aims document. Faculty Reviewers give constructive comments and suggestions to strengthen the proposals.

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Faculty Testimonials

  • “Great way to increase chances for our trainees to be successful at getting fellowships”
  • “This should be mandatory for all trainees working in research”
  • “I also learned from the other faculty and grant coaches”
  • “It was my pleasure to take part and I’d be glad to do it again”
  • “This is always a rewarding experience”

Faculty Reviewers Value the Goals and Experiences

Responses from Faculty participating in Faculty Review Workshops between 2015 to 2018.

% Rated “Good” or “Excellent
Overall workshop 99%
Use of faculty’s time 95%
Preparation of trainees 95%
Value for trainees 99%
Quality of Specific Aims 87%
Effectiveness of grant coaches 97%
% Response Rate 57%

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Workshop Format & Expectations

Our Faculty Review Workshops (2-hours) follow a structured format which provides fast, organized, and effective feedback — ensuring maximum benefit for your time. Trainees bring copies of their one-page Specific Aims documents (BIOS 242 or BIOS 263) or one-page Project Summary documents (BIOS 279). This draft will have already have incorporated changes based on feedback from the trainee’s faculty mentor and in-class peer review. The Faculty Reviewers give constructive, prioritize (most important feedback first) comments and suggestions to strengthen the proposal. The workshops do not require preparation or follow-up by the Faculty Reviewers. Workshops generally have two Faculty Reviewers, up to 4 trainees (postdocs and/or graduate students) and 1 Grant Coach to facilitate the workshop. Most workshops will be in the basement rooms of CCSR. Download handout (we will provide this at the workshop).

Please remember that effective feedback is:

  • Prioritized (more important issues first)
  • Supportive (respectful, attentive to writer’s purposes)
  • Specific (pointing to concrete features of the text, offering explicit reasoning)
  • Descriptive or questioning (non-judgmental, reader-based)
  • Future-Oriented (focused on next steps, what is possible)

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Trainees value Faculty Reviewers’ feedback at the Workshops

Course participants value the Faculty Reviewer’s feedback and 97% agreed the workshops are an important component of the Proposal Bootcamp course (Bootcamp participants 2014-2018). Faculty feedback improves the trainees’ Specific Aims, experimental design, and overall proposal structure and aesthetics.

  • “The faculty review workshops are fantastic and maybe a once-in-a-life kind of experience”
  • “I actually restructured my proposal as a result and hope to collaborate with one of the faculty experts”
  • “Having perspective of people who reviews these grants is helpful and reassuring”
  • “I tried to choose workshops that had one faculty that was in my field and one that wasn’t and I found hearing their insights on my documents from both of their different knowledge sets was super useful”

Feedback helps Trainees!

Bootcamp participants report faculty feedback at the workshops improves their Specific Aims. Faculty feedback also improves the proposal’s experimental design as well as overall proposal structure and aesthetics, although faculty only look at 1-page Specific Aims!

How much did insights during your Faculty Review Workshop help you improve your 1-page Specific Aims document?

  • A Great Deal

  • A Moderate Amount

  • A Little

Faculty participation pie chart

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Past Faculty Reviewers

Since 2014, we have had almost 200 Faculty Reviewers participate in the 2-hour Faculty Review Workshop! The majority of our Faculty Reviewers participate in two or more Faculty Review Workshops. We need about 60-70 Faculty Reviewers each year. We need you!

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  • Steven Artandi, MD, PhD

    Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor and Professor of Biochemistry

  • Euan Ashley, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular), of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Jeff Axelrod, MD, PhD

    Professor of Pathology

  • Rosa Bacchetta, MD

    Associate Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)

  • Maria Barna, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Developmental Biology

  • Peter Bayley, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated)

  • Phil Beachy, PhD

    The Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Developmental Biology

  • Gill Bejerano, PhD

    Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, of Computer Science and of Pediatrics (Genetics)

  • Sean Bendall, PhD

    Assistant Professor (Research) of Pathology

  • Daniel Bernstein, MD

    Alfred Woodley Salter and Mabel Smith Salter Endowed Professor in Pediatrics

  • Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and of Genetics

  • Nidhi Bhutani, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Catherine Blish, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

  • Paul Bollyky, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology

  • John Boothroyd, PhD

    Burt and Marion Avery Professor of Immunology

  • Onn Brandman, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

  • Manish Butte, MD, PhD

    Affiliate, Peds/Immunology

  • Jan Carette, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Ovijit Chaudhuri, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • James Chen, PhD

    Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology and, by courtesy, of Chemistry

  • E.J. Chichilnisky, PhD

    John R. Adler Professor, Professor of Neurosurgery and of Ophthalmology and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering

  • Gilbert Chu, MD, PhD

    Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Biochemistry

  • Karlene Cimprich, PhD

    Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and, by courtesy, of Chemistry

  • Mark Cullen, MD

    Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), of Biomedical Data Science, of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Martha Cyert, PhD

    Professor of Biology

  • Jeremy Dahl, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Radiology (Pediatric Radiology)

  • Gary Darmstadt, MD

    Professor (Teaching) of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Rhiju Das, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biochemistry

  • Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)

  • Utkan Demirci, PhD

    Associate Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering

  • Scott Dixon, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biology

  • Andrew Fire, PhD

    George D. Smith Professor in Molecular and Genetic Medicine and Professor of Pathology and of Genetics

  • James Ford, MD

    Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Genetics and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

  • Margaret Fuller, PhD

    Reed-Hodgson Professor in Human Biology and Professor of Genetics and of Obstetrics/Gynecology (Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology)

  • Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD

    Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering and of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Christopher Gardner, PhD

    Professor (Research) of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)

  • Olivier Gevaert, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research) and of Biomedical Data Science

  • Aaron Gitler, PhD

    Associate Professor of Genetics

  • Gary Glover, PhD

    Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) and, by courtesy, of Psychology and of Electrical Engineering

  • Miriam Goodman, PhD

    Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Will Greenleaf, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Genetics and, by courtesy, of Applied Physics

  • Michael Greicius, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor of Neurology and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  • Paul Grimm, MD

    Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

  • Eric Gross, MD

    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

  • Aida Habtezion, MD, Msc

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

  • Pehr Harbury, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biochemistry

  • Brian Hargreaves, PhD

    Associate Professor of Radiology (Radiological Sciences Laboratory) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering and of Bioengineering

  • Stefan Heller, PhD

    Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine

  • Dan Herschlag, PhD

    Professor of Biochemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering

  • Shaul Hestrin, PhD

    Professor of Comparative Medicine

  • Kerwyn Huang, PhD

    Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Ngan Huang, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery)

  • Daniel Jarosz, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology

  • Hanlee Ji, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)

  • Dale Kaiser, PhD

    Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus

  • Mark Kay, MD, PhD

    Dennis Farrey Family Professor in Pediatrics, and Professor of Genetics

  • Purvesh Khatri, PhD

    Assistant Professor (Research) of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research-ITI Institute) and of Biomedical Data Science

  • Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Brian Kobilka, PhD

    Helene Irwin Fagan Chair in Cardiology and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

  • Ron Kopito, PhD

    Professor of Biology

  • Rick Kraemer, MD

    Stanford University Professor in Endocrinology

  • Anshul Kundaje, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Computer Science

  • Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD

    Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

  • Maarten Lansberg, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Michael Levitt, PhD

    Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research in the School of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science

  • David Lewis, MD

    Professor of Pediatrics (Immunology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

  • Richard Lewis, PhD

    Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Jin Billy Li, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Genetics

  • Michael Lin, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

  • Sharon Long, PhD

    William C. Steere, Jr. - Pfizer Inc. Professor in Biological Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Biochemistry

  • Dan Madison, PhD

    Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Merritt Maduke, PhD

    Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Holden Maecker, PhD

    Associate Professor (Research) of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Ravi Majeti, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology)

  • Sanjay Malhotra, PhD, FRSC

    Associate Professor (Research) of Radiation Oncology (Radiation and Cancer Biology) and of Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford)

  • Parag Mallick, PhD

    Associate Professor (Research) of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

  • Alison Marsden, PhD

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering

  • Olivia Martinez, PhD

    Professor (Research) of Surgery (Transplantation)

  • Peter Maxim, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics) at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Vinod Menon, PhD

    Rachel L. and Walter F. Nichols, MD, Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurology

  • Mark Mercola, PhD

    Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

  • Sara Michie, MD

    Professor of Pathology

  • Bev Mitchell, MD

    George E. Becker Professor in Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

  • Denise Monack, PhD

    Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Stephen Montgomery, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Genetics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science

  • Kathy Montine,

    Sr. Research Scientist-Basic Life, Pathology

  • Michael Moseley, PhD

    Professor of Radiology (General Radiology)

  • Mary Beth Mudgett, PhD

    Professor of Biology

  • Sandy Napel, PhD

    Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) and, by courtesy, of Medicine (Medical Informatics) and of Electrical Engineering

  • James Nelson, PhD

    Rudy J. and Daphne Donohue Munzer Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Mark Nicolls, MD

    Stanford University Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

  • Roeland Nusse, PhD

    Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Professor in Cancer Research

  • Ruth O'Hara, PhD

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (VA Geriatric)

  • John Oghalai, MD

    Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics and of Neurosurgery

  • Anthony Oro, MD, PhD

    Professor of Dermatology

  • Peter Parham, PhD

    Professor of Structural Biology and of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Karen Parker, PhD

    Associate Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development)

  • Sergiu Pasca, MD

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Sleep Disorder/Sleep Center)

  • Suzanne Pfeffer, PhD

    Emma Pfeiffer Merner Professor in the Medical Sciences

  • Guillem Pratx, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)

  • David Prince, MD

    Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor in Neurology and the Neurological Sciences

  • John Pringle, PhD

    Professor of Genetics

  • Jodi Prochaska, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)

  • Beth Pruitt, PhD

    Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Bioengineering

  • Allan Reiss, MD

    Howard C. Robbins Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Radiology

  • Anthony Ricci, PhD

    Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

  • Daniel Rubin, MD

    Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Radiology (Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford), of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research) and, by courtesy, of Ophthalmology

  • Kathleen Ruppel, MD

    Senior Resesarch Scientist

  • Julien Sage, PhD

    Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) and of Genetics

  • Kristin Sainani, PhD

    Associate Professor (Teaching) of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology)

  • Peter Sarnow, PhD

    Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Arend Sidow, PhD

    Professor of Pathology and of Genetics

  • Manpreet Singh, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

  • Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)

  • Daniel Spielman, PhD

    Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering

  • Jim Spudich, PhD

    Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease

  • Aaron Straight, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biochemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

  • John Sunwoo, MD

    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

  • Will Talbot, PhD

    Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs and Professor of Developmental Biology

  • Hua Tang, PhD

    Professor of Genetics and, by courtesy, of Statistics

  • Phil Tsao, PhD

    Professor (Research) of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

  • Anne Villeneuve, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Earth System Science

  • Virginia Winn, MD

    Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology) at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Joy Wu, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

  • Sean Wu, MD, PhD, FACC

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

  • Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD

    Professor of Neurology

  • George Yang, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery) at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System

  • Samuel Yang, MD

    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center

  • Ellen Yeh, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Greg Zaharchuk, MD

    Associate Professor of Radiology

  • Jamie Zeitzer, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Sleep Medicine)

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