Mentoring for Peer Reviewed Grants William S Weintraub

Mentoring for Peer Reviewed Grants William S. Weintraub, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC Med. Star Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC USA

Mentoring for Peer Reviewed Grants disclosure William S. Weintraub, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC Med. Star Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC USA COI: None

Find Something You are Passionate About to Study Your Competition Will be as Bright, Hard Working, and Passionate

You think you have an idea worthy of a peer reviewed grant Now What Do I Do?

Types of Peer Reviewed Grants • • • Pilot Grants – Institutional or CTSA National Science Foundation – generally not clinical NIH Career Development (K series) awards https: //www. nichd. nih. gov/grants-contracts/trainingcareers/extramural/career • NIH Research Grants (R series) and Program Project/Center Grants (P series) https: //grants. nih. gov/grants/funding_program. htm#RSeries • NIH Institutional Training Grants (T series) https: //researchtraining. nih. gov/programs/traininggrants? CFID=136363454&CFTOKEN=1 ed 0540 fe 41 ee 49 a-375 ACFE 3 -5056 -94397 EABA 7 F 2551 B 62 EF • American Heart Association Grants https: //professional. heart. org/professional/Research. Programs/Application. Informati on/UCM_316909_Application-Information. jsp

Mentoring 1) Critical person or people in your career 2) A career can be developed without a mentor, but that is difficult 3) A mentor is more than a teacher 4) Look for ability, but look for character most of all 5) You will probably need more than one – projects, institutional, national 6) The right people will support your career long after you finish training

Why is Mentoring Important? • Greater productivity • Improved job satisfaction • Enhanced sense of “fit” • Higher retention in programs

Multiple Mentors • Most investigators “wear more than one hat, ” and are evaluated on more than one area of expertise. • Responsibilities include research, teaching, clinical/patient care, administration, community outreach. • One mentor cannot do it all, or have the time to. • Different mentors can help with different aspects of an investigator’s job.

The Institution is Important 1) Consider the culture 2) Look for personal support besides your mentor 3) Is your mentor supported? 4) Is there the training program, population base, financial support, reputation to help you succeed

Mentoring Plans Proposals that do NOT include a section on mentoring activities will be returned without review. The National Science Foundation Needed for: All postdoctoral researchers supported by the project, irrespective of whether they reside at the submitting organization, any subawardee organization, or at any organization participating in a simultaneously submitted collaborative project. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has useful guidance http: //www. nsf. gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf 11001/gpg_2. jsp#IIC 2 j The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) provides lots of great information and gives some Mentoring Plan samples: http: //www. faseb. org/Portals/2/Link. Click. Links/Sample_Mentoring_Plans. pdf

Mentoring Plans Examples of What to Cover: • Career counseling • Training in preparation of grant proposals, publications, and presentations • Guidance on ways to improve teaching and mentoring skills • Guidance on how to effectively collaborate with researchers from diverse backgrounds and disciplinary areas • Development of negotiation skills and strategies for advancement • Training in responsible professional practices

Mentoring Compact Mentoring The Mentor https: //de-ctr. org/sites/default/files/userfls/MRDA_Mentoring_Compact_Final. pdf

Individual Development Plan https: //www. nigms. nih. gov/training/strategicplanimplementationblueprint/pages/Individual. Development. Plans. asp x

Individual Development Plan http: //www. stonybrook. edu/commcms/postdoc-old/docs/Hobin-Putting. Ph. Ds. To. Work-5 -10 -14. pdf

Individual Development Plan

Individual Development Plan http: //www. stonybrook. edu/commcms/postdoc-old/docs/Hobin-Putting. Ph. Ds. To. Work-5 -10 -14. pdf

Individual Development Plan Suggested Steps for Impactful IDP Process Step 1: Identify meaningful targets Step 2: Define action items You should know whether you have completed the action or not. Step 3: Identify available resources Step 4: Measure progress The best IDPs are simple, specific, and adaptable. https: //www. td. org/Publications/Blogs/Career-Development-Blog/2013/10/Making-Your-IDP-Work-for-You

View from the Mentor 1) I really care about the young people I train 2) I make myself as available as I can be 3) If you feel inadequate a lot, so do I 4) There really is not some pile of cash at my disposal 5) Obtaining grant funding for research is hard, relentless work 6) However, such research can provide great satisfaction and value to society