Welcome

3:00 PM Arrivals

4:30 PM     Welcome Reception & Introductions

6:00 PM     Dinner

Day 1

7:30 AM     Breakfast

8:30 AM     Opening of the course: Welcome & Overview • Melanie Sinche, NCC, Director of Education, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

8:45 AM     If Tomorrow Never Comes: How to Stop Procrastinating on Grant Writing • Thomas Magaldi, Ph.D., Administrator of Career and Professional Development, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

10:00 AM     Break

10:30 AM     Anatomy of a Grant • Sara Cassidy, Senior Scientific Writer, The Jackson Laboratory

12:00 PM     Lunch

1:00 PM    Specific Aims Workshop, part 1 • Kelly LaRue, Ph.D., Genomics Education Specialist, The Jackson Laboratory

2:30 PM     Break

3:00 PM     Panel Discussion: Effective Grant Writing Tips from PIs

4:30 PM     Panel Discussion: Effective Grant Writing Tips from Postdocs

5:30 PM     Adjourn for the day

6:00 PM     Dinner

Day 2

7:00 AM     Breakfast

8:00 AM     Managing Communication • Melanie Sinche & Heather Dillon

9:30 AM     Break

10:00 AM     Managing Conflicts - Alaina Levine

11:00 AM     Managing Conflict: Case Studies - facilitated by Alaina Levine and course staff

12:30 PM     Lunch

1:30 PM     Promoting Diversity and Inclusion -Tiffani St.Cloud and course staff

2:30 PM     Diversity & Inclusion: Case Studies - facilitated by Tiffani St.Cloud and course staff

4:00 PM     Break

4:30 PM     Panel Discussion: Managing People -Alaina Levine and Tiffani St.Cloud

5:30 PM     Adjourn for the day

6:00 PM     Dinner

Day 3

7:30 AM     Breakfast

8:30 AM     Managing Projects & Personnel • Alaina Levine

9:30 AM    Break

10:00 AM     Managing Budgets - Neha Kumar

11:00 AM     Managing Resources: Case Studies • Alaina Levine

12:00 PM     Lunch

1:00 PM     Specific Aims Workshop, part 2 • Kelly LaRue

2:30 PM     Skills Blitz or Free Time

• CV/résumé review - Alaina Levine, course staff
• Work on specific aims
• Meet with JAX faculty
• Hike in Acadia
• Visit Bar Harbor

6:00 PM     Banquet Dinner for all faculty and participants  

Day 4

7:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM     Grant Review Study Section • study section members: JAX faculty members; moderator: Carrie Cowan, Ph.D., Director of Pre- and Postdoctoral Programs, The Jackson Laboratory

10:30 AM     Wrap-up discussion and adjourn

11:00 AM     Brunch

Afternoon     Optional, pre-arranged discussions with JAX faculty

Participants depart