Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, assistant professor EPSY, has been selected to participate in the campuswide 2024 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Writing Series program. Ruedas-Gracia was nominated by EPSY Chair and professor Kiel Christianson.
Led by Illinois faculty who have a demonstrated history of success with NIH proposals, the biennial NIH Grant Writing Series is designed to prepare Illinois faculty to submit their first R01 or other individual investigator proposals to the funding agency.
Selected participants attend six weekly lecture/discussion sessions addressing various aspects of the submission process, followed by a peer review workshop. Loosely modeled after a study section with the cohort acting as reviewers, the workshop allows participants to experience being on a review panel while receiving peer feedback for their Specific Aims page. With the mentorship of an experienced faculty member throughout the program, each participant writes and compiles an advanced draft of an NIH proposal that has been reviewed by their peers and faculty mentor.
