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Write a Training Grant Proposal!
Interested in writing a training grant? The Office of Biomedical Research Career Development (OBRCD) can help you:
For recent announcements, please review the slides of our most recent T Team Meeting (June 2018). For more detailed instructions on the process of writing a training grant, please review our latest Applicant’s Workshop. Also, take a look at What’s New in the world of training grant application & administration.
Find your RFA!
Consider your research arena & your trainee population when deciding where to aim your training grant proposal. Contact the NIH program officer to notify them of your intent to apply.
Contact the OBRCD
Wayne McCormack, PhD, & Audrey Natwick, MLS, can help guide your application from start to submission. With our access to institutional data, HSC faculty & trainee data, and our library of successful training grant proposals, we will help assemble your training faculty and prepare your data tables.
Credit the CTSA
Proposals using OBRCD Services must acknowledge the UF Clinical & Translational Science Award’s Translational Workforce Development Program for the support of the application or publication (Grant # UL1TR001427)
Describe the Training Environment
- Facilities and Other Resources
- UF Graduate Certificates List
- see also UF Boilerplate Text for Proposals
Leverage Existing Plans & Curricula
- Sample T32 Plan for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (February 2024) revised for 2022 NIH update for RCR training
- Sample T32 Plan for Instruction in Methods for Enhancing Reproducibility (February 2024)
- R4I@UF (Rigorous Reproducible Responsible Research Integrity at UF) website
- Sample T32 Plan for Career and Professional Development (February 2024)
- Please contact Dr. Wayne McCormack for information about templates for other attachments that are sometimes required (Coordination & Interaction; Data Collection & Storage; Dissemination Plan; Internal Advisory Committee; Mentoring Assessment; Sustainability Plan; Trainee Selection)
Gather Letters of Support
- Draft CTSI Letter of Support (February 2024)
- UF Letter – Prevention of Discriminatory Harassment on NIH Training Grants
Diversity & Inclusion Efforts
- Recruitment Plan (Dr. McCormack, February 2024)
- Retention Plan (Dr. McCormack, February 2024)
- Recruitment and Retention Plan (Dr. Xirau-Probert, February 2022)
- Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment and Retention Presentation (Dr. Martins, January 2019)
- NIH Perspective on Enhancing Diversity in Training Programs
- CTSI and HSC Diversity & Inclusion Resources
Evaluation & Education Resources
Mentoring Resources
- Mentor Academy (Administered by Dr. Fillingim)
- Mentor Academy Syllabus (2024)
- Mentor/Trainee Compact (Adapted from AAMC compacts by Dr. Cottler)
- AAMC Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and Their Research Advisors
- AAMC Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors
- Revised Policy: Descriptions on the Use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Required in Annual Progress Reports beginning October 1, 2014, NOT-OD-14-113
Other Resources
- NIGMS Institutional T32, T34, and K12 Grant Applicants: Don’t Get Caught With Noncompliance! (NIGMS Blog Post, January 2022)
- Training Grant Biosketch Guidelines (December 2022)
- Effectively Using an External Advisory Board (Dr. Bloom, March 2018)
- UF Health Directory