Grant Writing Training
We have developed two training programs aimed at improving the quality and quantity of NIH grant submissions from NJ ACTS. Both programs are run by Grant Writing Coaches trained by the National Research Mentoring Network.
Fellowships
(NIH F Grants)
Career and Research
(NIH K and R Grants)
Participants: PhD Students and Junior Postdoc Fellows
Timing: Weekly from September to December
Activities: Each week, fellows submit drafts of specific grant application components for peer review and comments by the grant coach. Fellows meet with the grant coach for 1-hour a week to discuss parts of the grant application, sponsored programs, peer review, NIH review groups and institutes, responding to peer review critiques, and submission of the final grant application in December.
Fellowship – Specific Aims Checklist
Sign up in August 2023
Participants: Senior Postdoc Fellows and Faculty (Early and Middle Career)
Timing: Monthly
Activities: The Grant Writing Group meets once monthly to review Specific Aims pages for K and R grants. Participants receive copies of Aims pages the day before the meeting in order to read and prepare. Each Aims page is discussed for 10-15 min. This program fosters peer review among participants and greater awareness of diverse research programs across NJ ACTS.
To ask questions about either program, email Lauren Aleksunes, PharmD, PhD, Workforce Development Lead at aleksunes@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Wall of Honor
Recent awardees from the two training programs are highlighted.
Dr. Kimberly Wiersielis
Postdoctoral Fellow
Interaction of Perinatal Organophosphate Flame Retardants and Adult Chronic Stress on Cognitive Processing
K99ES033256
Dr. Outi Keinaenen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harnessing PET to Study the In Vivo Fate and Health Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics
K99ES034053
Dr. Navaneeth Narayanan
Clinical Associate Professor
Gut Microbiome and Pharmacokinetic Variability in Tuberculosis and Diabetes
K23AI159396
Dr. Modupe Coker
Assistant Professor
HPV, HIV, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth
R01DE032216
Dr. Tetsuya Nakamura
Assistant Professor
The Function of Gli Proteins in the Specification of Ossification Pathways in Pectoral Girdle Development and Evolution
2210072
Dr. Zorimar Rivera-Nunez
Assistant Professor
Emerging Mycoestrogens: Impacts on Placental and Early Childhood Growth (R21ES032047)
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Genetic Variation in the Placental Barrier: Impact on Child Environmental Health Studies (ECHO)
Dr. Nicole Torosin
Postdoctoral Associate
3D Genome Organization and Gene Expression in Drosophila
F32GM140669
Carolyn Kinkade
PhD Student
Exposure to Zearalenone and its Impact on Maternal and Fetal Health
F31ES034269
Dr. Ley Cody Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow
Estrogen Receptor Signaling, Inflammation and Ozone Toxicity
K99ES032473
Dr. Shuo Xiao
Assistant Professor
An Ovary-on-a-Chip to Identify Ovarian Toxicity
R01ES032144
Dr. Luigi Brunetti
Associate Professor
Mechanistic Evaluation of Melatonin as a Protectant against Antibiotic Associated Kidney Injury
R01DK131214
Kaiden Power
PhD Student
Role of a NIMA-related Kinase in Neuronal Microtubule Stability and Transport
F31NS122438
Danielle Kozlosky
PhD Student
Impact of the Placenta Barrier on Fetal Nutrition and Growth Restriction
F31ES032319
Dr. Troy Roepke
Associate Professor
Sex Differences in CRH Signaling in the ovBNST Underlie Effects of Chronic Stressors
R01MH123544
Dr. Phoebe Stapleton
Assistant Professor
Microvascular Mechanisms of Growth Restriction after Environmental Toxicant Exposure
R01ES031285
Nimit Shah
PhD Student
Barriers and Predictors of Physical Fitness among Volunteer Firefighters
F31HL160196