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BIO 580/ BIO 480 with Honors Option Requirements Fall 2011 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Rife |
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The Project: Along with meeting all of the goals of BIO 480, in order to obtain credit for BIO 580, students are asked to choose a topic related to Molecular Biology and put together a grant proposal using guidelines for a Jeffress Grant. Proposals will be presented to the class for discussion. Each student is allowed up to 10 minutes for a presentation. The learning objective of this part of the course is for students to obtain more familiarity with both molecular biology and the grant writing process.
| Week(s) of | Goal |
| August 29 | Meeting to Discuss BIO580 Requirements (All students wishing to pursue this option will be asked to attend a short meeting after class on Monday to determine the best time for discussion.) |
Sept. 5 - Sept. 16 |
Select Hypothesis, Specific Aims, and Outline Methods Perform Literature Search and ID Major References |
September 19 |
Meeting to Discuss Hints on Grant Writing Informal Outline of Ideas Due at meeting |
Sept. 26 - Oct. 7
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Expand Literature Search and ID Major References Prepare Proposal Outline |
| Monday, Oct. 10 | Grant Proposal Outline Due |
Oct. 10 - Oct. 21 |
Develop Background and Significance Review Comments from Returned Proposal Outline and Revise |
October 24 |
Meeting to Discuss Hints on Grant Writing |
Oct. 24- Nov. 4 |
Outline Research Plan (Part D and Confirm Experimental Methods Develop Rationale and Experimental Design for Specific Aims Prepare Draft of Full Proposal and Review Draft of Proposal and Revise as Necessary |
| Monday, Nov. 4 | First Draft of Proposal Due |
Nov. 4 - Nov. 28 (2 weeks) |
Review Comments on Draft and Begin Revisions Prepare for Oral Presentation of Grant Proposal |
| Nov. 28 | Grant Proposal Oral Presentations (Given to Entire Class) |
| Nov. 28- Dec. 2 | Make Final Revisions to Grant Proposal |
| Dec. 2 | Final Grant Proposal Due |
The Grading: Grants are of course reviewed and funded or not funded. Your grant will undergo a similar review process to those grants at NIH where a panal of your peers review your grant and give it a score. Your score will be based on your effort throughout the course and quality of presentation and grant. It will be translated into a grade on this project as listed on the table below. Note that less then 10% of all NIH grants submitted are ranked high enough to fund thus for full funding we will truely be looking for exceptional proposals and work in order to acheive this high rank. Grades will be determined by completion of deadlines, quality of classroom presentation (determined by class vote) , following the rules of the grant proposal guidelines and having a complete proposal, grammer, creativity, and having a tenable proposal.
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BIO 580 Funding |
BIO 480 Honors Option Funding |
Excellent (All deadlines met, Best Presentation in Class and A quality grant)
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(Full Funding) 2 percentage points added to final grade | (Full Funding) 2 percentage points added to final grade Honors Option Granted if course grade is B or better in course. |
Good (A or B quality grant ) |
(Partial Funding) No Change in Grade. | (Partial Funding) No Change in BIO 480 Grade. Honors Option Granted if grade is B or better in course. |
Fair (C quality Grant) |
(No Funding ) 2 percentage point dropped in final 480 Grade |
(Partial Funding) No Change in BIO 480 Grade. Honors Option Granted if Grade is A- or better in Course.
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Acceptable (D quality Grant) |
(No Funding) 5 percentage points droped in Final 480 Grade |
(No Funding) Honors Option Not Granted.
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Unacceptable (F quality grant) |
(No Funding) Grade Level in 480 Drops by a Full Level (10 percentage points) |
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