Grant Writing Resources

This workshop meets 1 - 2 times a month for approximately 1-2 hours, between September and March, via Zoom. We will review the score-driving sections of the F grant, create drafts, and receive feedback. The goal is to have a complete grant application for the April 2027 due date. Sessions will cover the following:

• September 21, 12:30 pm - 2pm | Orientation/Overview
• October 2, 10am - 12pm | Specific Aims #1 and Awardee Panel
• October 21, 10 am - 11:30 am | Specific Aims #2
• November 4 | Research Strategy #1
• December 3 | Research Strategy #2
• December 14, 3 pm - 4 pm | Training Plan
• January 7, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Candidate's goals, preparedness, and potential
• January 12, 2 pm - 3:30 pm | Biosketch/Personal Statement
• February 2, 2pm - 3pm | Sponsor's Commitment 
• March 2 | Full draft due
• March 5 - 25 | Full draft reviews by faculty
• Apri. 8, 2027 | F grant due date

Participants need their mentor's approval and they need to identify one additional faculty member to review their research strategy section. See participant requirements for more information.

• You have chosen your research mentor.
• Your mentor agrees to review your drafts plus 1 complete grant application draft for one of your fellow participants (review occurs in February 2027).
• Your mentor provides a letter or email approving your participation, agreeing to review your drafts, and agreeing to review 1 complete draft for one of your fellow participants.
• You identify 1 faculty member other than your mentor to provide feedback on your research strategy section. It is strongly recommended that this person be someone within your field. This review will occur in November 2026.
• This additional faculty member also provides a letter or email agreeing to review your research strategy section.
• Agree to attend lectures, especially the specific aims and research strategy sessions in October and November. 
• Agree to provide some peer reviews for your fellow participants.

Email Jennifer Seuferer for questions.

Apply here

Please apply by Sept. 1. If this date is a problem for you please email Jennifer Seuferer.

This is a six-week summer workshop aimed at introducing grant writing. At the end of the course, fellows will have developed and peer-reviewed a career development award application. The workshop will be conducted online and will include a combination of live and recorded video lectures, as well as live small-group workshop sessions. The course timeline is designed to facilitate ASCO YIA applications due in the fall.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the elements of successful grant writing including: using clear and concise prose, engaging reviewers, highlighting your specific aims, crafting a clear analysis plan, and how the peer review process influences successful or unsuccessful applications
• Apply successful grant writing best practices (as described above) to your grant application
• Develop your grant ideas using faculty and peer feedback

• Describe & apply best practices in the peer review of grant applications

Click here for more information on the CARE Program.

For Faculty:

• Department of Medicine PRE-Proposal Application REview (PREPARE) - Grant review for faculty
• HDFCCC Grant Writing Support for Cancer Center Members
• CTSI K grant writing workshop https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/k-grant-writing-workshop

For Trainees:

• HDFCCC F Grant Writing Workshop. Email Jennifer Seuferer for more information. 
• Office postdoc scholars https://postdocs.ucsf.edu/fund-your-research
• TICR classes
  • Grant Writing Workshop on Mentored Career Development Awards
  • Grant Writing Workshop
• CTSI K grant writing workshop https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/k-grant-writing-workshop
• CTSI grant writing consultation https://consult.ucsf.edu/consult/recharge
• Office of Career and Professional Development https://career.ucsf.edu/phds/grant-writing

F Grant Library

K Grant Proposal Library

T32 Proposal Library

Diversity Supplement Proposal Library

PCORI Grant Proposal Library

OCPD F and K Grant Proposal Library

Facilities and Resources

Letters of Support

Resources and Data Sharing

Human Subjects

Other Proposal Sections

Templates for the Responsible Conduct of Research, Methods in Enhancing Reproducibility and a descriptions of the training available to cancer center trainees. Email [email protected] if you would like to use one.

RDO's Training Tracking Program

CTSI T32 Grant Writing Resources

T32 Grant Proposal Library (log in to MyAccess)