MED 276: Grant Writing Practicum
Instructor: Amy Sitapati
Quarter: Spring 2026 (Offered alternate years)
Units: 2
Course Objectives:
- Explain the grant proposal process and how grants are reviewed
- Provide practical experience in grant proposal writing and response to critiques
- Emphasize the importance of team work and persistence in grant writing
This is a hands-on course. Students will review funded and non-funded grant proposals for different types of NIH awards, with an emphasis on K (mentored) and R (non-mentored) research awards. Students will have an opportunity to have their own proposals reviewed by instructors and classmates. The instructor will prepare a research proposal with help from the students.
Course Syllabus: For the course syllabus, please refer to the OneDrive File for the course. If you are not able to access the OneDrive, please contact Maria Triplett at M1Triplett@health.ucsd.edu.
Grading:
- Class participation and attendance 25%
- Homework 25%
- Student presentations 25%
Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes and have attendance recorded on that week's sign-in sheet. Students are allowed two unexcused absences, with further absences requiring justification.
Academic Integrity Statement: According to the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning:
"Plagiarism is the use of another's work, words, or ideas without attribution...Plagiarism takes many forms, but it falls into three main categories: using a source's language without quoting, using information from a source without attribution, and paraphrasing a source in a form that stays too close to the original."