Teach! Write! Learn! Become a Grant Coach!

April 21, 2018 9:19 pm

Grant Coaches are essential for the Grant Writing Academy’s success!

Interested? Email Crystal Botham (cbotham@stanford.edu) for more information. The 2024 Grant Coach application portal is now open! 

We are specifically looking for grant coaches for the following programs: 

  • 2 Grant Coaches for Graduate Student focused activities
    • Diversity supplement
    • One-on-one feedback
    • Community building activities
  • 1 Jump Start Grant Coach
  • 1 Grant Coach to work on community building events for international grant writers

Grant Coach application due by midnight August 12, 2024.

Application Link: https://pdapp.stanford.edu/app/GWA

Grant Coaches (postdocs we train) lead our Proposal Bootcamp courses (BIOS 242, BIOS 263, BIOS 279), a 4-5 hours commitment per week during the Autumn or Spring Quarters. Meet our current and past Grant Coaches. Learn more about the Proposal Bootcamp. Specific roles include:

  • Supporting and facilitating peer review by training participants to give and receive feedback via a structured process
  • Supporting and facilitating focused feedback from faculty
  • Clarifying and reinforcing writing strategies presented through course materials (readings, videos, lectures, class activities)
  • Fostering a supportive writing community within and beyond the classroom
  • Providing constructive feedback to writers
  • Delivering curriculum and other relevant content and sharing expertise

Grant Coaches are paid an hourly rate and gain conceptual and practical experiences:

  • Developing and articulating research strategies – a critical skill for independent research
  • Writing effectively – a necessary skill for all career paths
  • Asking for and providing effective feedback – a mandatory skill for mentoring in all careers
  • Facilitating peer and faculty review sessions – a crucial skill for success as reviewers, teachers, and mentors
  • Teaching – a unique opportunity to make an enormous difference
  • Building community – become part of a network of professionals committed to excellence in training the next generation of scientists

Hourly rate for new Grant Coaches will be $45/hr and $50/hr for returning Grant Coaches.

Important dates for Grant Coach applicants:

  • Application portal launches July 8
  • Virtual info session with Grant Coaches July 15, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm [Register Here]
  • Applications due August 12, 2024 by midnight
  • Virtual interviews with finalists August 19-23, 2024
  • Decision emails will be sent on August 26, 2024 by 5:00 pm
  • In-person Grant Coach training on September 9, 2024 from 9:30-4:30 pm

The Grant Coach training and teaching time fulfills requirements for the Postdoc Teaching Certificate. Visa Eligibility: F1 OPT – Permitted to participate in Grant Coach program; J-1 –Permitted to participate in Grant Coach program; H-1B – Unable to participate in this program; H4 – Unable to participate in this program; E-3 – Unable to participate in this program.

Feedback from Grant Coaches:

“The teaching opportunities gave me reassurance in my capacity to teach and mentor within an academic setting. It gave me more confidence in teaching and interacting with students.  It provides wonderful clarity on how to write grants and also help students thrive.” “Provided an opportunity to formalize my own grant writing techniques, learn new strategies and then test the best ways to distill them for others.” “The Grant Coach program provided me with a sense of confidence concerning my career choices” “Provided a classroom environment that needed to be managed, which is a rare opportunity at Stanford as a postdoc.”

Questions: Email Crystal Botham (cbotham@stanford.edu)