F31/F30 Workshop Series Registration

NIH F31/F30 Workshop Series Announcement!

The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research and Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OVPGSPS) are launching a writing-intensive NIH F31/F30 Award Workshop for PhD students or MD/PhD students who are interested in applying the F31 or F30 awards. For the last two workshops which were focused on F31, we had 10 workshop participants submitted their application and four of them have been awarded the fellowship. This year, we extend the workshop to MD/PhD students who are interested in F30 awards and hope to help more students in their grant applications and achieve their career goals in health-related research.

Why apply for the F31 award?

- Receive a stipend and have the tuition covered

- Improve critical grant writing and communication skills early on in career

- Establish new collaborations

- Align with the development of thesis projects

Who should attend?

- 2nd or 3rd-year PhD students (for the F31 award), MD/PhD students within 1-1.5 years into their PhD studies (for the F30 award), U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

- Eligible students who can meet in-person on Mondays from 10-11 AM on the dates listed below.

What will the workshop series cover, and when and where does it meet?

- The workshop will provide one introductory lecture and 5 main lectures covering different sections of the application. Each main lecture will be followed by a Q&A session. Participants will have a complete ready-for-submission application at the end of the workshop.

- The workshop will run from September 23, 2024 to February 10, 2025, aiming for the submission deadline of April 8, 2025.

- Lectures and accompanying Q&A sessions will be on Mondays from 10-11 am at Peirce Hall (PRCE) 277.

Topic	Lecture	Q&A Session
Fellowship and Workshop Series Overview	September 23, 2024	None
Specific Aims and Review Criteria	September 30, 2024	October 14, 2024
Background and Training Goals	October 28, 2024	November 11, 2024
Research Strategy: Significance/Motivation	December 2, 2024	December 16, 2024
Research Strategy: Approach	January 13, 2025	January 27, 2025
Biosketch and Other Documents	February 10, 2025	None

Why attend this workshop?

- Expert instructors. The workshop will be taught by Dr. Perry Kirkham (Coordinator of NIH Research Development, Office of Research), Dr. Lisa Nielsen (Associate Director, Research Development, College of Engineering) and Rachel Gehr (NSF Graduate Research Fellow, PhD student in Engineering Education). They will also be present at the Q&A sessions. Guest speakers who have been awarded with F31/F30 fellowships will also be invited to give presentations and answer questions.

- Ample writing time. Participants will have at least one-month writing/editing time for each major section.

- Multiple reviews. Drafts after each lecture will be reviewed by peer participants, instructors, and by each participant's mentor(s). Final application packages will be reviewed by additional faculty members before submission.

- $500 from OVPGSPS will be awarded to students who submit their F31 or F30 applications after the workshop.

Submit this registration form before September 16, 2024!

If you have any questions, please email trainee-funding@purdue.edu

First name:		Last name:

Purdue College/School:		Department:

Year of PhD Program Start:		Your Email:

Please list the year you began your PhD Program:

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Name of PhD Thesis Advisor:		Advisor Email:

Is your thesis advisor a PICR (Purdue Institute for Cancer Research) member?		Is the research to be proposed in the F31 or F30 application cancer-focused?

Please ask your PhD thesis advisor to read the following responsibility statement:

As the Ph.D. thesis advisor of the student who will be participating in the F31/F30 workshop series , I am responsible for:

1) writing the Sponsor Statement (6 pages);

2) reviewing my student's drafts after each workshop lecture and discussing them with the student in a timely manner;

3) reviewing my student's application package before the final submission; and

4) reviewing at least one other workshop participant's draft.

I believe my student will be ready to apply for the F31/F30 April 2025 submission deadline with the guidance from this workshop series, and I commit to doing these things.

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YES, my advisor is in agreement with this statement.

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