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A new course, “Grantsmanship and Peer Review” (MEDI 6064), will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every other Monday starting Aug. 30. The location is room 2.022 near the Briscoe Library. Pre-registration is required.

The course, which is open to all students, faculty, fellows and staff, is provided under the auspices of the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) degree program. “Interested individuals do not need to be enrolled in the MSCI program to participate but are encouraged to seek credit from the Graduate School,” said course director Linda M. McManus, Ph.D., professor of pathology.

The eight seminar topics will include:

Funding Agencies/Missions/Deadlines/Instructions

Institutional Grantsmanship Issues

NIH Organization (Institutes/Councils, Centers, Budgets)

NIH Awards and Study Sections

Process & Communications with the NIH

Interpreting/responding to written critiques

Study Section Meeting

Grantsmanship after funding

Enrollment is limited to 30 students, so it is important to contact Dr. McManus (mcmanus@uthscsa.edu or 567-4071) as soon as possible for details and to complete a course card for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (contact Janice Stong in the Graduate Dean’s office – stong@uthscsa.edu or 567-3711). For more information about the MSCI program, go to gcrc.uthscsa.edu/MSCI/mscimain.htm.