2010 Surgical Investigators Conference

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday, March 5, 2010

4:30 - 6:45 pm	Registration – Amphitheater Foyer (Lower Level)
7:00 - 8:00 pm	Welcoming Reception
8:00 pm	Dinner

Saturday, March 6, 2010

6:30 - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast in the Amphitheater Foyer Plenary Sessions – Amphitheater
8:00 - 8:30 am	Opening Lecture
8:30 - 10:30 am	Interactive Panel:Anatomy of the NIH Extramural Funding at the NIH How is the NIH organized? Structure, Institutes, and Centers CSR, IRGs, and Study Sections What types of grants are available? How does the Face Sheet direct the application’s routing? The Institutes/Centers Program staff and what they can do for you Funding decisions and Advice K08 and Career Development Awards Grant Preparation: An Investigator’s Perspective
10:30 - 11:00 am	Break - Amphitheater Foyer
11:00 am - Noon	Longmire Lecture
Noon – 1:00 pm	Group Luncheon Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program Plenary Sessions – Amphitheater
1:00 - 5:00 pm	Grantsmanship Workshops – ACS Fellows & NIH Faculty (Concurrent Breakout Sessions) Hypothesis and Specific Aims Background and Significance Preliminary Data, Experimental Design, Methods, Interpretation of Data Triage, Response to the Review, Planning Ahead, Non-competing and, Competing Renewal
6:30 - 9:30 pm	Dinner and Meeting with NIH Representatives

Sunday, March 7, 2010

6:30 - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast – Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:00 am - Noon

Mock Study Sections (Concurrent Sessions) – ACS Fellows & NIH Faculty

Noon

Box Lunch

Conference Adjourns

Revised October 30, 2009