PSCDP-Sponsored Writing ConsultationsPSCDP will sponsor an extended writing consultation for a limited number of physician-scientists this coming year with Vanessa Bender, PhD, an expert in scientific communication with more than a decade of experience as an editor and writing consultant. Sessions will be provided free of cost to trainees. Vanessa has worked with a wide variety of scientists to improve their grant proposals, manuscripts, and other science writing. She did her PhD training in Systems Neuroscience at UC San Diego and postdoctoral training at the Vollum Institute at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. Selected individuals will be required to submit a draft manuscript or draft grant proposal to Vanessa, who will read the piece of writing, provide detailed written suggestions, and also meet 1:1 to go over her feedback and the general principles of effective science writing that underlie it. If you are interested in this service, please fill out a short application using the link button below. |
K08 Grant Writing Resources Library
We have a library of resources for K08 grant writing that has recordings of workshops, slide decks, and copies of funded grant applications. If you would like to access it, please complete the confidential agreement using button below, and a link will be emailed to you.
Grant Writing Library Access
Training Resources
- UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) resources for writing fellowships and other grants
- UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics K Grant Workshop for clinical-translational researchers
- UCSF Helen Diller R01 Grant Writing Resources, including 1:1 grant proposal review, other writing resources
- NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program – Opportunity to serve on a study section and learn more about the grant review process first-hand
- ASCO Grant Writing Webinar Series
- Application Resources | ASCO
- UCSF DOM PRE-Proposal Application Review (PREPARE)
Mentoring Resources
NINDS-ANA Webinars on Mentoring as a Physician-Scientist
- ANA Webinars: Being a great mentor: What’s in it for me? (a joint NINDS-ANA event) (live)
- ANA Webinars: Affirmative and Effective Mentorship (a joint NINDS-ANA event) (recording)
Additional Training
- UCSF DOM PIVOT–Early Stage Investigator Course
- UCSF Scientific Leadership and Management Skills Course
- HHMI Scientific Management book (downloadable)
- UCSF Individual Development Plan tool
- UCSF OCPD Manage-UP series (managing professional relationships and opportunities)
- UCSF OCPD Scientific writing series
- UCSF OCPD Networking series
- UCSF OCPD Presentation skills series