The University of Vermont is pleased to host two, concurrent, full-day seminars to bring the practical and conceptual aspects of successful proposal writing to our UVM faculty. Led by nationally acclaimed speakers with proven skill in grant writing and training, the Write Winning Grants Seminar series has received praise from research universities and their faculties across the United States.

These two, concurrent, full-day UVM seminars will include:

• successful grant idea development
• identification of key granting agencies
• how to gain the attention of expert reviewers
• proven strategies of proposal success

and more!

Seminar materials will include customized handouts and a copy of The Grant Application Writer's Workbook for each participant.

Please contact Andrea Elledge (aelledge@uvm.edu; 656-8867) with any questions.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Dr. John Robertson

Dr. Robertson has been the recipient of competitive extramural funding from both the NIH and non-federal sources. The author of 27 peer-reviewed journal articles and three book chapters, he has been a member of grant review panels, a reviewer for a number of biomedical journals, and served on editorial boards. Dr. Robertson has also served as a mentor for grant applicants at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he has also been routinely recognized for excellence in teaching.
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Dr. Peg AtKisson

Dr. AtKisson came into science when she discovered a love of biology while pursuing degrees in English and European languages. After graduating with a BS in biological sciences, she spent fifteen years at the bench before turning her training in science and background in writing toward the problem of effective communication in grant applications. Her first formal training in grant writing was a Write Winning Grants seminar given at Tufts University by GWSW cofounder Dr. Stephen Russell. During her work with Tufts University, Dr. AtKisson made significant contributions to over $140M in funded grants, including proposal writing, grantsmanship support, team building and strategy design for all areas of research and scholarship.
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Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College, the College of Medicine, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences