Below are take-home points from the Grants 360° PGPG session hosted by research@BSPH in January 2023.
Overview
PPG’s are long-standing grants that can be difficult to break into without having already obtained NIH funding.
There is not a lot of downside to not being successful in obtaining funding because you still have a grant ready to apply elsewhere.
It's critically essential to sustain innovation throughout the course of the PPG.
It’s important to instill a mission-driven theme.
Opportunities are often only once per year.
Recognizing the PPG mechanism is paramount.
PPG’s make sense for investigators who are in their senior career stage
Having experience in and understanding the value and culture of centers will better prepare you to lead your own PPG.
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Having a PPG grant is viewed as a positively impactful quality that leads most to leadership positions or other desirable successes in their careers.
There is an opportunity for multigeneration mentoring.
Recording
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