Speaker: Dr. Sonal Jhaveri, Lecturer, Health Sciences and Technology Program and Director of Building 46 Postdoc Affairs
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Location: Singleton Auditorium, Building 46-3002
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research
Dr. Jhaveri's talk on "Basics of Grant Writing" will focus on NIH applications, but the basic principles she emphasizes are applicable to all types of grant writing. Dr. Jhaveri is an MIT alumna (BS, MS). She received her PhD from Harvard University, has been Principal Investigator on a number of grants from NIH, NSF and other private foundations, has co-authored 60 professional articles, and has consulted on a number of science and medical writing projects. She teaches Science Communication and Language Skills to undergraduate, graduate and medical students as well as to postdocs at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.