Grant Writing Mentoring Program

Hosted by the NSU Grant Writing Lab and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University's Grant Writing Mentoring Program supports early-career researchers (i.e., those who do not have past success in winning external grant funding for their work) in the grant seeking process.

This program is open to early-career researchers (assistant or associate professors at NSU) interested in getting specialized training and receiving one-on-one support from grant experts and senior mentors. The program aims to support early-career NSU researchers by growing their capacity to find, apply for, and be competitive to receive grant support for their scholarly work.

This aim is accomplished through a multi-stage program that features asynchronous trainings, one-on-one feedback and mentoring, a grant writing handbook, and utilization of NSU’s broader research infrastructure and resources.

The 2025 program includes two stages:

Stage 1* TRAINING (Summer - Fall 2025): Asynchronous trainings, grant proposal document drafting, and opportunity for consultation and feedback
Stage 2** MENTORING (Fall 2025 - Winter 2026): One-on-one mentor pairings, submission of an internal or external grant application (*formal application based on completion of Stage 1)

*There is no capacity limit for participation in Stage 1. All faculty who apply for the program will be accepted to Stage 1.
**There is a limited capacity for Stage 2. Faculty who meet the standards for product generation in Stage 1 will be invited to apply for Stage 2.

Call for Mentees!

The call for early-career researchers to participate in the 2025 program is open!

Apply to be a Mentee by April 11, 2025: https://forms.office.com/r/h5kxwQuJ8A

Mentee Criteria & Commitment

A mentee is a full-time faculty member interested in pursuing a research career, who is early in their career (assistant or associate professor), and who does not have past success winning external grant funding as a PI/PD for their work. Mentees must have their dean’s approval to participate (a signed dean’s letter will be solicited before acceptance to the program).

Mentees must read the "Mentee Agreement Form" to ensure they can commit to the program.

Questions? Email GrantLab@nova.edu

Mentors support "Stage 2" of the program.

Mentor Criteria & Commitment

A mentor is a full-time faculty member who has received significant external sponsored funding and who holds the rank of associate or full professor. Mentors must have a current research agenda and their dean’s approval to participate (a signed dean’s letter will be solicited before the program begins). Most importantly, all mentors must commit to supporting their mentee to submit a research proposal to either an internal or external funding opportunity by the end of the mentoring program period. They will be supported along the way by required meetings with their mentees and members of the Advisory Committee as well as through other grant writing resources at NSU.

The 12-month (2023-2024) mentoring program supported 11 Mentees and 11 Mentors from six colleges--KPCOM, Psychology, Optometry, Pharmacy, Fischler, and Computing & Engineering. Thank you Mentees for your commitment and to Mentors for guiding them!

NSU 2024 mentees

The program resulted in grant submissions to the following:

NIH SuRE
NIH SuRE-First
NIH Katz
FL Department of Health
Alzheimer's Association
International Brain Research Organization
President's Research Grant
Dooley Trust
Health Professions Division Research Grant

NSU 2024 mentors

The 2021-2022 program supported 12 Mentors and 12 Mentees from nine NSU colleges--MD College, Dental, Halmos, HCBE, Health Care Sciences, Nursing, Optometry, KPCOM, and Pharmacy. Many thanks to our Mentees and Mentors for the dedication of their time and expertise to this program!

NSU 2022 mentees