Research Support Programs and Resources

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To ensure that research faculty progress in their careers, we offer a variety of programs and initiatives. Click here for a printable version of the below opportunities. If you have any questions about these resources, please contact DOMresearch@emory.edu.

• Proposal development and grant writing support: Proposal development and grant-writing support, provided by Janet Gross, PhD, to full-time faculty in the Department of Medicine.
• Data Analytics and Biostatistics (DAB) Core: Offers biostatistics, biomedical informatics, study design, analytics support and more
• Grant templates and examples: Step-by-step guide through each section of grant writing.
• Career Development Award (CDA) Initiative: For faculty and postdoctoral fellows who are pursuing or who have a CDA.
• Consult Program: Free one-hour consultations on grants, manuscripts, oral/poster presentations, and more.
• K-Club: Monthly lunch series sponsored in part by DOM for faculty and fellows who are pursuing or who have a CDA.
• What's Up Research Newsletter: Subscribe to a weekly newsletter with announcements, funding opportunities, seminars, and more.
• Emory Facilities and Resources Boilerplate Language Library: Centralized resource of up-to-date, reviewed language describing research and academic resources available at Emory for faculty, staff and trainees.
• DOM Research Administration Services (RAS) Unit: Pre- and post-award grants and contracts administration in the Department of Medicine.
  • Navigating DOM RAS: The team has issued a one-page document to assist you in working your way through the grant submission process.
• Hitchhiker's Guide to Navigating Mandatory Research Compliances and Approvals at Emory: This how-to guide is to help you quickly and easily navigate the regulatory requirements in the correct order without the agony of missing an important step.

• Research Day: Annual DOM Research Day celebrates research efforts across the department.
• Blue Sky Groups: In these groups, faculty meet with investigators with similar interests but diverse expertise to discuss common mechanisms of disease and identify opportunities for collaboration.
• FAALI (Faculty Academic Advancement, Leadership, and Inclusion) Lecture Series: Presented throughout the year by senior faculty within the School of Medicine, covers practical topics aimed at assisting faculty in their career development.
• Health Services Research Day: Annual quality forum and networking opportunity for researchers to learn about ongoing quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities within the Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
• FEED (Faculty Education, Enrichment and Development) Conference: A half-day CME-accredited program provides learning opportunities for clinician educators, clinical researchers, and basic scientists of all levels.
• FAME (Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory DOM) Grant Writing Workshop: This 3 session series is not required but highly encouraged if you are considering applying for a FAME grant.

• FAME (Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory DOM) Grant Program: Designed to provide support for clinical faculty to dedicate up to 20% of their professional time to scholarly activity.
• Internal Funding Opportunities: There are a variety of funding opportunities available through Emory or Emory-affiliated programs.
• External Funding Opportunities Database: Each week, relevant funding opportunities are highlighted in the “What’s Up” newsletter. A comprehensive, searchable database of these opportunities is also available on the Office of Research intranet.
• Additional Funding Databases:
  • Grant Forward - One-stop-shop for grants searching. Free to use but initial access to the website must be from Emory network. From there, create a login to use anywhere. Have a feed sent to your email daily with new opportunities based on your preferred keywords! Learn how to best use GrantForward on this webinar recording.
  • Foundation Directory Online - For private foundation funding. Search grants as well as grant makers. Use this direct link to access Emory's subscription. You can also subscribe by email to the RFP bulletin to receive opportunities on Fridays.
  • TRAIN Inventory - Free to use and no sign-in required. Helpful summary PDF documents show the organization's research portfolio, mission, and more.
  • Grants.gov - Database of federal grant opportunities.
  • Weekly NIH Guide - Sign up for this weekly email to see all new NIH notices, requests for applications and program announcements.
  • Funding for postdoctoral fellows: Emory postdocs have access to a strong network of support services and partnering organizations in the Atlanta biomedical community.

• Onboarding Guide for New Lab Members: A brief outline for the onboarding process.
• Applying for Grants in the Department of Medicine: A helpful guide developed by Dr. Priyathama Vellanki (Endocrinology) and the Strategic Advisory Research Team (StART).
• PATHS: The Professional Advancement Tracks for Health Sciences (PATHS) were created as a guide for early and mid-career faculty as they move through their careers. These are only guidelines—not requirements—for accomplishments towards promotion, and achievement of these targets does not guarantee promotion. What’s more, every faculty member is not expected to achieve every suggested target. The pathways are divided by career year(s) into best practices and academic mission areas for clinical educators, clinical investigators, and research scientists.
• Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) training: 
• EUHSOM Researcher Survival Skills – Giving Feedback and Handling Difficult Conversations Speakers: Nate Spell, MD and Aaron Lee, MSHRM, MBA
  • Check out the Faculty Video Library on the SOM intranet
• New Investigator Packet from Division of Animal Resources (DAR): The DAR has organized a number of links to provide ready access to critical information.

• Which NIH grant is appropriate for you?: A simple flowchart to help determine which NIH grant is appropriate for you. 
• NIH RePORTER: See what other grants have received NIH funding.
  • Matchmaker: Generate lists of similar projects from RePORTER or program officials associated with entered abstracts or other scientific text
• Instructions for the NIH Biosketch: See also podcasts and using SciENcv to generate the format.
• GREAT Ideas: An email series sent out to the DOM research listserv.
• 8 steps to turn your research idea into a competitive grant proposal: This simple, eight-step guide is designed to help you transform your research idea into a competitive application.
• Top TEN Things: Lists of things every (1) Mentored Career Development Awardee and (2) Career Development Award Mentor should know.
• Rigor and Reproducibility Requirements: One-page guide to NIH's Rigor and Reproducibility requirements, and Emory's guide to rigor, transparency, and reproducibility.

• Emory Office of Research Administration (ORA): Provides collaborative administrative systems and technical expertise to facilitate scholarship, research, and discovery from inception through dissemination and application.
• Core Facilities: Includes DOM cores as well as all Emory cores.
• IT Resources for Researchers: List of IT resources available to researchers at Emory.
• Ethical Dilemmas: Dilemmas in scientific research and professional integrity - cases and expert opinion.
• Emory University Office of Compliance: Helps to ensure Emory University’s activities adhere to the highest legal, professional, and ethical standards.
• A guide to getting your clinical trial going at Emory University: Initial steps and important contact information. 
• Team Science: Advice and resources for collaboration.

• Quality Improvement (QI) Scholarship Resources: List of QI resources, funding opportunities, meetings, and training.
• One-Stop-Shop for Manuscript Development: Everything you need to know about publishing in the DOM.
• WHSC Library: Available workshops as well as how to best utilize the library.
• Emory FIRST: Find your publications across the web.
• Find your H-index: Commonly used to measure both the productivity and citation impact of a researcher's body of work (if your h-index is 20, that means you have 20 publications that have been cited at least 20 times in the literature).
• Recording on Zoom: A how-to on recording on Zoom. 
• Oral and Poster Presentation Resources: Templates, printing and logo use information.
  • #betterposter: developed by Mike Morrison to more effectively share your research with attendees. Template includes Emory logo.
  • Traditional Oral Presentation (w. Emory logo)
  • Twitter poster (w. Emory logo)