About the Workshop
General Information
The upcoming intensive grant writing workshop builds upon the successful model used by the Enhancing Rehabilitation Research in the South (ERRIS) workshops that resulted in many junior investigators receiving NIH and NIDRR level research funding.
Unlike passive seminars on grant writing, selected mentees will come prepared to complete at least the specific aims for a grant proposal for submission to the NIH or other funding agency. This offering is based upon a 10 year history of successfully providing mentorship to approximately 300 Junior and mid-level faculty from throughout the North America and in several foreign countries.
Rizzo Conference Center
A dynamic retreat for executive education owned by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Located in the Meadowmont Village community of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this conference center and hotel is just minutes from the UNC campus, Downtown Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park.
The Rizzo Conference Center combines sophisticated meetings with a serene setting, integrated instructional technology, award-winning service and Southern hospitality.
Workshop Brochure 2013 Presentations
Leadership Team
Richard L. Segal, PT, PhD, FAPTA (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Segal has over 25 years of experience carrying out rehabilitation oriented Neuroscience research on motor control and spinal circuits. He has mentored many professional students, pre-doctoral students, post-doctoral students and junior faculty members during his career including many in rehabilitation sciences. He served as a mentor for the past 9 years for the ERRIS intensive grant writing workshops with numerous mentees successfully attaining extramural funding following the workshop. He is currently responsible for promoting Rehabilitation Engineering research and training in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina through his role as co-Interim Director of the UNC-NCSU Rehabilitation Engineering Center.
Daniel Corcos, PhD (Co-PI and Chair of Curriculum Committee)
Dr. Corcos is currently a co-program director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at UIC. He has served as a reviewer for NIH since 1994, was chair of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Study Section for three years, and served on The Distinguished Editorial Panel to review NIH Challenge grants. He is currently the Chair of the MFSR study section (2011-2013) and recently chaired an SEP on “Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (R24)”. In addition, he has received recognition of his mentoring of junior faculty. His experience with ERRIS over the last threeyears has convinced him that the rehabilitation grantsmanship workshop is a program that can have an enormous impact on the way in which junior investigators approach both their science and grant writing.
W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD (Co-PI and Chair the Recruitment Committee)
As Vice President for Research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Dr. Rymer oversees all research endeavors throughout the RIC system of care. He is RIC's most senior scientist and the founder of many of its current research programs. Dr. Rymer also serves as RIC's John G. Searle Chair in Rehabilitation Research and Director of the Sensory Motor Performance Program, a position he has held since 1987. In his roles at RIC Dr. Rymer has established himself as one of the most successful mentors of junior faculty. In addition, he has been able to relate to the many backgrounds that can contribute to rehabilitation research.