Grant Writing Boot Camp
2025 Summer Grant Writing Boot Camp announcement coming in February 2025.
Led by the Development Core directors, with faculty mentors as guest lecturers, the boot camp (offered in-person and virtually) provides a formal structure for developing R/K-series applications. The boot camp demystifies the grant submission process by explaining the role of program officers, describing proposal review, providing training in grantsmanship, and offering opportunities to hone scientific ideas and writing skills in a supportive environment. In five sessions over two months, participants receive feedback from the Development Core directors, mentors, and peers on early drafts of their proposals. By the end of the boot camp, participants complete a working draft of their application’s specific aims, significance, and innovation components, and a detailed outline of the approach section. This preparation provides a solid foundation for submitting an NIH application in a timely manner.
Completed Pilot Project Outcomes
| Year | Awardee | Title | NIH Award |
| 2020-2021 | Muller | Cohort differences in the relationship between education and well-being across the life course | R01 |
| Muñoz* | Neighborhood characteristics throughout life and midlife cognitive functioning | R21 | |
| Tucker-Drob | Large-scale genomic analysis of aging-related cognitive declines | R01 | |
| 2021-2022 | Crosnoe | Health disparities among aging parents of adult children with serious conditions | R01 |
| Umberson | How spouses influence each other’s health in same- and different-sex marriages: A dyadic and longitudinal assessment from mid to later life | R37 | |
| Weitzman* | Assessing the feasibility of panel data collection among adult refugees in Costa Rica | Under review | |
| 2022-2023 | Fingerman | Daily Experiences and Well-being in Late Life: A longitudinal examination of ecologically valid assessments of older adults’ daily experiences | R01 |
| Gaydosh* | Contextual despair and risk behaviors in midlife: Extending innovative measures to Add Health | U01 | |
| Grasso* | Sociodemographic and neurocognitive characterization of Mexican-American bilinguals and monolinguals presenting with typical and pathological cognitive aging | R01 | |
| Han* | Disability of a family member, caregiving behavior, and caregiver health outcomes in middle and late adulthood | R21 | |
| *Emerging scholar at time of award | |||
Participant NIH Submissions
| Boot Camp Participant | NIH Award |
| Elizabeth Munoz | R21 Awarded |
| Sae Han | R21 Awarded |
| Yijung Kim | K, Fundable |
| Veronica Walker | R21 Awarded |
| Yuanjin Zhou | R21 Awarded |
| Mateo Farina | R00 Awarded |
| Alexandra Clark | R03 Awarded |