SSO 2024 Research Pre-Meeting: Grant Writing Workshop and NIH-Style Mock Study Section

10 am – 1:30 pm for Part I
1:45 – 4:00 pm for Part II (by invite only- registration will be handled separately)

Cost: $349 for the Grant Writing Workshop (Part I) and $349 for the Mock Study Section These are separate sessions with their own registrations for each session.

This two-part pre-meeting is intended to provide surgeon-scientists with opportunities to improve grant writing knowledge and skills (Part I) and/or participate in a mock review of research proposals (Part II). Part I and Part II require separate registrations. Participation in Part II requires submission of a proposal and will be by invitation based on submissions.

Part I: Grant Writing Workshop
10:00am-1:30pm
Open to all registrants
Plenary Speaker: Martha A. Zieger, MD, National Cancer Institute
This workshop is intended to provide SSO members and junior faculty with education and support on the grant writing process. Faculty will moderate and organize an interactive session touching on numerous aspects of the grant writing process, including lunch with the faculty. This will include federal and non-federal funding, grantsmanship, mentoring, and other topics important to establish a career as a surgeon scientist.

Part II: NIH-Style Mock Study Section- Invite Only: you will not be able to register for part during registration. If selected, a separate email will be sent in February.
1:45pm-4:00pm
Requires a proposal submission and is by invitation based on submissions
R-type or K-type grants in health services, clinical, or basic/translational research from SSO members will be mock reviewed using the National Institutes of Health study section format. Faculty will conduct an NIH-style study section and grant authors can observe the process and receive feedback on their submissions. All proposals selected for participation will receive written critiques; the top proposals will be invited to be reviewed during the live mock study section.

Presentations:

• 10:00am – 10:45am ET

  The State of the Surgeon-Scientist
  

  Pre-Meeting Presenter: Martha A. Zeiger, MD, FACS, (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
• 10:45am – 11:00am ET

  Questions and Answers
• 11:00am – 11:30am ET

  Lunch Break with Faculty for Additional Discussion
• 11:30am – 12:00pm ET

  Transitioning from “K” to “R”
  

  Pre-Meeting Presenter: Timothy L. Frankel, MD, FACS – Department of Surgery, University of Michigan; Department of Surgery, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
• 12:00pm – 12:30pm ET

  From "R" to "more R's": Leveraging your first Big Grant into Many
  

  Pre-Meeting Presenter: Jen Jen Yeh, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 12:30pm – 1:00pm ET

  Funding a Clinical Trial and Non-Governmental Awards
  

  Pre-Meeting Presenter: William Hawkins, MD (he/him/his) – Medical University of South Carolina
• 1:00pm – 1:30pm ET

  Health Services Research Focused on Cancer: Strategies for Successful Funding
  

  Pre-Meeting Presenter: Pasithorn Amy Suwanabol, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
• 1:30pm – 1:45pm ET

  Break
• 1:45pm – 4:00pm ET

  Closed Session - Invited Participants Only: Part II: NIH-Style Mock Study Section