Trainee & Early Stage Investigator Resources
SUPPORTING AND TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF UROLOGIC RESEARCHERS
See below for various resources catered specifically for trainees and early stage investigators including the quarterly Trainee Newsletter, the CAIRIBU ARCTICS webinars, Graduate Student Seminar webinars, Post-Doc Seminar webinars, courses, and to learn about opportunities to catalyze connections within the CAIRIBU Community.
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Jun 26CAIRIBU Trainee Summer Camp
Lisa Karstens, PhD; Lindsey Burnett, MD, PhD
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Jul 15
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Jul 17CAIRIBU Trainee Summer Camp
Audra Crouch, PhD, Michael Neugent, PhD, Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT
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Aug 21CAIRIBU Trainee Summer Camp
Michael Goodson, PhD, Chia-Suei Hung, PhD, Mirjana Trifunovic, MS, Nazema Siddiqui, MD, Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT, Chad Vezina, PhD
ARCTICS Community Forums
This series is aimed at enhancing the skills and knowledge of early-stage investigators. ARCTICS is a virtual community of CAIRIBU trainees and early-stage investigators
Graduate Student Seminar
This series is an informal, virtual platform designed to highlight graduate student work and give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on ideas or new research.
U-RIG Trainee Summer Camp
The CAIRIBU Trainee Summer Camp is a 3-part professional development series primarily for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers but open to ANY trainee at ANY training stage.
Trainee Newsletter
Trainee Newsletter
The CAIRIBU Trainee Newsletter is a new initiative designed to provide trainees with a quarterly update featuring valuable resources and articles contributed by CAIRIBU investigators. In each issue of the newsletter, trainees have the opportunity to submit questions to be answered by CAIRIBU investigators from across the network.
Along with expert advice, each issue also includes an overview of various NIH funding programs to help guide trainees through the research funding landscape. See below for the articles for the first issue of the Trainee Newsletter.
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Ask a PI – Douglas Strand, PhD
Question: How did your career path evolve? I had about a year of working in a lab at the University of Virginia during undergrad in 2000, where hardly anything worked. However, a…
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Ask a Postdoc – By Anonymous
Question: What is one thing you did in grad school to set you up for success as a post doc? My path to a PhD was far from conventional. Rather than following…
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NIDDK’s Training and Career Development Programs
Director of Cell Biology Programs in Urologic and Kidney Diseases Project Scientist for the Urology Centers Programs/CAIRIBU Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and…
Mentoring Resources
Mentorship Initiatives Program
See the mentor toolkit developed by UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
AHEAD Program
Advancing Health Equity and Diversity (AHEAD) is a mentored professional development program for UW-Madison postdoctoral scholars conducting research related to health disparities or health equity.
IDP Templates for Junior Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research
Free AUA Course
The AUA’s new online course, titled “Establishing Your Independent Urologic Research Lab,” is a practical course for anyone who is just starting their career as an independent researcher. The course includes four modules with over two hours of content that provide guidance for negotiating a start-up package, mentorship, planning for tenure, lab management, and technology transfer.
Course Director: Dolores J. Lamb, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB)
Course Faculty: Li Xin, PhD and Margot S. Damaser, PhD
Grant Writing Resources
Basics of Grants
Learn the basics of grants including the grant lifecycle, grant policies, grant terminology, and more from Grants.Gov
Specific Aims Page
See slides from Dr. Tracy Rankin, PhD, MPH, Deputy Director & Program Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic, & Hematologic Diseases, NIH for the Anatomy of a specific aims page
CAIRIBU-Affiliated Institutions Booklet
Many institutions have grant writing resources to help investigators and students through the grant application process. Check out this list of institution-specific grant writing resources at CAIRIBU-affiliated institutions.
Form Help
This video walks you through the FORMS-F version of the PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information Form used for NIH grant application due dates on or after May 25, 2020. This form is used to collect detailed study-level information for the protocols included in NIH grant applications.
Pre-Award Resources
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Basics of the NIH Grants Process Video
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Example Grant Applications
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Comparing Popular Research Project Grants—R01, R03, or R21
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Types of NIH Applications
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Contacting NIH Staff
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Search for NIH Funding
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NIH’s RePORTER Matchmaker Tool
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NIDDK Research Areas – Urology
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Kidney and Urological Systems Function and Dysfunction
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Clinical Studies Supported by NIDDK
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Study Section Selection – Assisted Referral Tool (ART)
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All About Grants Podcast: Considerations for a Research Plan
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Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
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NIDDK 2025 Award Funding Policy
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NIH Peer Review: “Live” Mock Study Section
Additional Resources
PI Slack Community
See the new PI Slack community for junior faculty to help one another tackle common challenges
Thriving as an Early-Stage Investigator
See the July 16th Health Equity Leadership Institute video titled: Thriving as an Early-Stage Investigator: The Untold Do’s and Don’ts
dkNET
dkNET is a search portal that helps researchers find research resources relevant to their research and keep up to date on new tools, services and mandates.
dkNET Webinar
See the dkNET webinar titled: Hypothesis Center Live Demo showcasing how to navigate and access tutorials that will teach you how to use FAIR data and bioinformatics tool.
1 Minute Flash Talks
See tips and tricks for giving “flash talk” poster presentations at scientific meetings.
The Science of Scientific Writing
This article explains how to make your science understandable to your intended audience.