Early Stage Investigator Bundle
Help your ESI faculty learn the skills to submit a competitive application.
Grantwriting Support for ESI Faculty
New to NIH grant applications? Our Early Stage Investigator Bundle is ideal for ESI faculty that want to learn what it takes to submit a comprehensive application. Because these researchers often straddle the line between a K or an R submission, we include both writing courses, plus Master Resubmissions.
Membership Benefits Included with This Bundle
Courses
Unlimited one-year access with samples, templates, checklists, and timelines.
Timely Bootcamps
Live online training for R-series applicants, held twice a year with
live Q&A.
Livestream Q & A
Biweekly 60-minute live sessions featuring expert Q&A, mini-tutorials, and occasional guest speakers.
First Fridays With Meg
Monthly virtual office hours with live Q&A and complimentary 1:1 advising.
Newsletter
Monthly updates with grantwriting tips, key insights, and member
event reminders.
You'll Gain Access to the Following Self-Paced Courses:
Master the R Series
Preparing to write your first R01 or R-series submission, or the first in a while? Unsuccessful at NIH? Need help staying on schedule? This course is unparalleled in keeping you competitive in a challenging funding landscape. It will raise your general grantsmanship skill and make your biomedical research funding applications more competitive.
4 parts | 3 hours 45 minutes
Master Resubmissions
Your NIH submission did not go as planned. Now what? In this course, I will help you understand when you should consider a resubmission or not, and why. We walk through the decision-making involved. After heavy emphasis on planning and strategizing, we discuss effective strategies for writing the resubmission, particularly the all-important Introduction.
1 part | 1 hour 40 minutes
Master the K (and F) Series
The mentored K series is often the applicantβs first contact with NIH, and the learning curve can be steep and intimidating. We will help you think carefully about whether the K is right for you, as its pursuit may use much of your ESI time. We will discuss how to prepare for and write each section, offering examples from recently funded grant submissions.
8 parts | 5 hours 12 minutes
Bonus Mini Tutorials
This on-demand course is your library of quick solutions, featuring our most popular mini-tutorials from our live Ask the Grantwriting Expert sessions. Each short, focused video tackles one specific topic, helping you overcome common hurdles in minutes, not hours.
Over 14 collective video hours
Don't Waste a Submission Cycle
Get the strategies that give you your best chance of funding on the first attempt.
About Dr. Bouvier
Margaret Bouvier received her PhD in 1995 in Biomedical Sciences from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. After an NINDS post-doctoral fellowship, she worked as a staff writer for long-standing NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in the Office of Press, Policy, and Communications for the Human Genome Project and NHGRI. Since 2007, Meg has specialized in editing and advising on NIH submissions, and began offering virtual courses in 2015.
Sheβs recently worked with more than 25% of the nationβs highest-performing hospitals*, three of the top 10 cancer hospitals*, three of the top 16 medical schools for research*, and 8 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.
Her experience at NIH as both a bench scientist and staff writer greatly informs her approach to NIH grantwriting. She has helped clients land over half a billion in federal funding. Bouvier Grant Group is a woman-owned small business.
*As recognized by the 2024/25 US News & World Report honor roll.
Master the K (and F) Series
It is very informational and sets a good foundation for my grant writing. I wish I had attended earlier than now and could have gone very far with my grant application.
Eyitayo Owolabi PhD, MCur, RN
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, R1 Research Institution
Master the R Series
I found this training very informative. It is excellent for both PIs just starting in their career and gave some great tips for those that have already secured an R01.
Colleen McMullen MA
Grant Coordinator, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky
Master the R Series
I wanted to share some great news with you β I just got the score back on my R01 that was reviewed last week β 4th percentile!! I wanted to sincerely thank you for all you did to help me! I really know that your expertise helped me get to this point!
Susan Linder DPT, PhD,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Top 3 World's Best Hospital
Master the K (and F) Series
Excellent training. As someone not familiar with the K mechanism, this really helped me understand what goes into K specific materials, like the career development plan. The emphasis and explanation of rigor criteria was also helpful in understanding how to address these in the application. The example materials provided throughout were incredibly useful and clarifying.
Kellie Gross PhD
Faculty Research Training and Development Specialist, Top 5 Largest Cancer Hospital
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