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Grants Demystified: Where to Start, What to Know
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Tue, Oct 20, 2026
5 PM – 6 PM EDT (GMT-4)
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• Funding is the backbone of research, but knowing where to start with grant writing isn’t always easy.
• Drawing on her experience as an applicant and reviewer, Dr Jain will share practical tips and common pitfalls, with examples from biomedical research.
• In this interactive session, we’ll discuss understanding what a funder is looking for, making the research problem clear, and conveying why the work matters.
Open to all Yale students/staff with any level of grant writing experience including beginners.
Food Provided (Light refreshments)
Speakers
Kanika Jain
Yale University
Dr Jain is ARS at Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, with PhD and postdoc in life sciences. Her research is focussed on understanding the role of proteostasis in platelet biology in cardiovascular aging and neurodegenerative diseasess. Dr Jain has completed several research projects and has numerous publications in high impact reputed journals.
Dr. Jain is a recipient of the highly competitive American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award, AHA Transformational Project Award, and Yale’s J.H. Milstone Award. She has been recognized as a Brinkhous Early Career Investigator Finalist and as an Emerging Leader in Neuroscience. Dr. Jain is active in scientific service, including grant review for several AHA study sections and UK Research and Innovation.