During this seminar, presented by Dr. Jamie Robin, we will addresses topics that newly independent academic investigators as well as those transitioning to independence need to understand to successfully compete for extramural peer-reviewed funding to support growing research laboratories. This includes:
- (1) Funding Agencies (government and non-government)
- (2) Types of Funding Programs (research grants, fellowships, career development awards)
- (3) Grant Review Processes (including the National Institutes of Health)
- (4) Grant Review Criteria
- (5) Strategies for Identifying Appropriate Funding Opportunities
- (6) Programs and Policies Specific for Early Stage Investigators
- (7) Funding Programs and Policies to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion
- (8) Best Practices for Competitive Applications.
This seminar is an overview/preview for the Grants Course, taking place in the Spring. More information on the course can be found here: grantscourse.columbia.edu
Jaime S. Rubin PhD
Dr. Jaime S. Rubin, Professor of Medical Sciences, is the Vice Chair for Investigator Development in Columbia University’s Department of Medicine. Over the past three years, the Department of Medicine’s national ranking of NIH funding rose from 15th to 5th place. She founded and continues to direct the graduate level course "Funding and Grantsmanship for Research and Career Development Activities” (http://grantscourse.columbia.edu/). This course is attended by junior faculty and other new investigators, post-doctoral scientists, clinical fellows, and students from across the University’s academic programs, and provides attendees with a detailed understanding of extramural support available for research and career development activities as well as the grant application submission and review processes. She has given related invited presentations at national conferences and peer institutions, as well as at smaller less research-intensive universities and colleges working towards increasing their extramural research funding. She is also committed to increasing the diversity of the scientific research workforce and related efforts include working with the NIH-funded National Research Mentoring Network for a Diverse Biomedical Workforce. She received a BS in physics sigma pi sigma from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (New York, NY) and then received the MSc and PhD degrees from the Ontario Cancer Institute/University of Toronto (Canada). Her PhD thesis, published in the journal, Nature, described the first molecular identification and characterization of a human DNA repair gene. She has held a number of senior level positions at Columbia University's Medical Center, including Acting Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, the founding Director of the Office of Graduate Affairs, and Acting Associate Vice President/Acting Associate Dean for Research Administration, having served as one of the founders of the Office of Research Administration. She served as the founding Associate Program Director and Administrative Director of the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, including developing an International Fellowship in Global Heath Research which served as a national model. Other career development activities include serving as Associate Director for Career Development on a number of NIH-funded pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and junior faculty training grants, as well as an Advisory Board member of Columbia’s CTSA-funded Patient-Oriented Research (POR) Master of Science Program.