Grant consulting
& training for
health researchers
We help early career researchers write outstanding grant applications to NIH.
The grants we’ve consulted on have brought in more than $60 Million (and counting)
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It takes more than a great idea to get a funded NIH R01.
We help you write a clear, persuasive application that captures reviewer’s attention and enthusiasm, which helps your grant stand out and dramatically boosts your odds of getting funded.
Also? We help you stay sane while you do it.
Our Difference
The usual grant writing process goes like this:
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ou doubt yourself and procrastinate → binge write at the last minute → burn out and submit a mediocre grant → repeat.
We offer another, more sustainable way:
You’re excited about your mission as a researcher → write a clear & persuasive grant → submit with swagger → repeat.
How can we help you?
Work with us
We offer services and programs to help you confidently submit a fundable NIH R01 grant.
Strategic grant review for PIs resubmitting a previously discussed R01 (A1 or A0)
NIH K to R transition program for women faculty
Workshops and support for departments
Learn with us
Free and paid workshops and courses to help you write stronger NIH applications.
FREE Grant Writing Resource Library
FREE Edge for Scholars Grant Writing Fundamentals Workshop
Self-paced NIH R01 grant writing course
Self-paced NIH K Award grant writing course
About Sarah and the Team
My team and I help researchers write clear, compelling, highly competitive research grants to NIH.
Not only do we help you to write a clearer, more persuasive application, we help you avoid the write > burn out > recover cycle that makes the grant writing process so miserable for most researchers.
In fact, our goal is to keep you connected to the passion and curiosity that brought you to your research career in the first place.
We know it’s hard to stay motivated and enthusiastic when you’re burned out, fried, or frustrated that you keep getting overlooked. But…trust us here…
Your enthusiasm for your research is a competitive advantage.
In a highly competitive funding environment—where more than 80% of applications are rejected—you need to make sure your research stands out.
And that takes a lot more than an impactful research idea and a solid approach. That might help you avoid getting triaged…but it won’t help you get the grant.
The key to getting funded is to get your reviewer as excited as you are about your research.
We’ve conquered dismal success rates and brought in millions of dollars in funding by helping researchers do just that.
Ready to turn skeptical reviewers into raving fans? Let us help you.
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We are a woman-owned, feminist-led business.
Our mission is to give researchers the systems, strategies, and support they need to write high-impact grants so they can get their research funded and improve the health of individuals and communities. We recognize that there are systemic barriers and biases built into biomedical research. Beyond our commitment to supporting individual scientists, our mission is to contribute to dismantling systemic racism and misogyny in academia and in funding agencies. We unequivocally endorse the recommendations in the recent Cell paper Fund Black Scientists (Stevens et al., 2021).