Basics of Grant Writing

Speaker: Dr. Sonal Jhaveri, Science Program Director, Postdoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm

Dr. Jhaveri's talk on "Basics of Grant Writing" will focus on NIH applications, but the basic principles she emphasizes are applicable to all types of grant writing. Dr. Jhaveri is an MIT alumna (BS, MS). She received her PhD from Harvard University, has been Principal Investigator on a number of grants from NIH, NSF and other private foundations, has co-authored 60 professional articles, and has consulted on a number of science and medical writing projects. She teaches Science Communication and Language Skills to graduate and medical students as well as to postdocs at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research