BLCHM 6300 - Guided Grant Preparation

To prepare students for their thesis research, prelims, and qualifying exams, we will offer a guided grant preparation course in the second half of the Spring semester that builds on their experience earlier in the semester (critical reading of primary literature and problem solving). The guided grant writing course will provide an opportunity for students to create an original research proposal by critical review of other grants, training in hypothesis generation, scientific writing, and experimental design. The written original grant proposal will be used as a basis for an oral qualifying examination by a faculty committee.