Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Classify NIH's grant  funding mechanisms.
2. Locate possible funders for their research.
3. Review the critique (summary statement)
4. Review NIH criteria for scoring proposal.

Faculty

Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Chief Research Officer of Clinical Research
Baystate Medical Center

Randall Hoskinson, BS  
Baystate Medical Center

Jay Steingrub, MD, BA
Professor of Anesthesia
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate 
Chair of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Baystate Medical Center

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.