CRTEC Grant Writing Support

Internal Grant Review

The Internal Grant Review aims to:

• improve the science and presentation quality of externally submitted grants.
• provide mentoring to trainees including graduate and medical students, postdoctoral associates, residents, fellows, and junior faculty on grant review and grantsmanship.

Grant reviews take place annually in April, September, and December, approximately two months prior to NIH deadlines.

The deadline for December 2023 has passed but will soon open applications for the April 2024 cycle. Be prepared to complete a brief form indicating the title of the grant, the mechanism for the grant application (i.e. F31, R01, K08), and three suggested reviewers in January 2024. Contact DCITraining@duke.edu with any questions.

Grant Writing Tips and Videos

NIH Grant Writing Resources:

• Application Overview and Tips
• Grant Writing 101
• Demystifying the NIH Grant Review Process
• Strategies for Writing Effective Training and Research Plans

Common Cancer-Related Funding Mechanisms

• American Cancer Society Grant Mechanisms (note the Research Scholar Grants and the Mentored Research Grants) 
• Conquer Cancer ASCO Foundation
• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation 
• Department of Defense - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG)
• Duke Institutionally Limited Submissions
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (note the Career Development Program)
• NIH F awards
• NIH K awards
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
• Susan G. Komen 
• V Foundation
• Veteran's Affairs Office of Research & Development

Repository of Funded Grants

Use these links to access examples of funded grants by Duke trainees.
A huge thank you to those who shared their funded grants! Please respect their generosity and do not distribute these beyond the Duke community. 

• CRTEC Grant Library - includes NIH F & K awards
• CTSI Grant Library - includes NIH Diversity Supplements
• Duke myRESEARCHpath Library - includes NIH K & R awards
• NIH Sample Grants - includes F, K, and R grants from the National Institute of Allergy & Infections Diseases

Duke Grant Toolkits for Proposal Development

Duke's Office of Campus Research Development has toolkits for NIH F, K, R, and NSF proposals. The toolkits provide guidance and templates for a variety of grant mechanisms. Scroll to the bottom for trainee-relevant applications. 

Duke's myRESEARCHpath has toolkits for NIH K and R proposals. Additional resources include tracking sheets, timeline guidance, and writing tips.  

Resources for NIH Diversity Supplements

• The Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Reference Guide
• NIH Parent Announcement
• NCI Diversity Supplements Guidelines
• DCI Diversity Supplement Matching Event