MIRA Trainee Grant Writing Workshop Introduction & Kickoff Event

The MIRA Trainee Grant Writing Workshop is a 6-month initiative, done in a hybrid format. It comprises both didactic and interactive learning opportunities to improve both knowledge uptake and implementation.
This Kickoff Event: This 1-day in-person event will be host to 7 different
seminars and discussions, hosted by MIRA Members and Staff, experienced in various aspects of project grant writing. The goal behind this event is to provide trainees with the fundamentals necessary to begin writing an interdisciplinary project grant.
Welcome and introduction
Speaker: Kenny Noguchi
Aging funding landscape, intro to catalyst grant
Speaker: Gésine Alders
Forming an interdisciplinary team
Speaker: Ada Tang
Knowledge translation and mobilization
Speaker: Casey Irvin
Tips for successful grant writing
Speaker: Cynthia Belaskie
Writing a compelling rationale and research question
Speaker: Peter Rosenbaum
Quantitative and qualitative methods
Speaker: Laura Anderson, Sandra Moll
Perspectives from a grant reviewer and the process
Speaker: Ravi Selvaganapathy