NEGOTIATION FOR SCIENTISTS BOOTCAMP

The “EMBO Negotiation for Scientists” bootcamp will explore your approach to negotiation, focusing on your mindset and the tools you’ll need to create lasting partnerships. The three-day virtual bootcamp will be held in English on Zoom. The bootcamp is hosted by Dr. Sam Krahl of EMBO, and free of charge for participants. 

Dates: March 25 through 27, 2025, daily from 8am-2pm PT

Applications Closed

Participants in this bootcamp will gain an understanding and mastery of the negotiation process, which will support them in reaching their professional as well as private goals. As you work to define your negotiating abilities in this context, the course will provide insight into building collaborative relationships and teach how to use effective questioning techniques and verbal / non-verbal communication. Throughout the bootcamp, the trainers will offer tools, techniques, and insight tailored specifically to the laboratory/research setting. By the end you will learn to prepare and lead negotiations, from the steps of building and making an offer, to reaching an agreement. 

In addition to the taught lessons from the trainers, the course is highly interactive and practical, involving case-studies, role play, small group work and discussion sessions. Participants will be actively involved in the course, discussing their own life experiences and being self-reflective, in a stimulating and guided process.

LABORATORY LEADERSHIP BOOTCAMP

The “EMBO Laboratory Leadership” bootcamp covers your approach to leadership and help you define how you want to lead and manage your research group or other teams. The three-day virtual bootcamp will be in English on Zoom by Dr. Sam Krahl and Dr. Natalie Bamford of EMBO, and is free of charge for participants. 

Dates: April 28 - April 30, 2025, daily from 8am-2pm PT

The bootcamp is focused on your leadership and the strategies and tools needed to run a healthy and productive research group. As you work to define your leadership style in this context, the course will provide insight into how to cultivate positive relationships, how teams work best together, and how to identify and resolve interpersonal barriers to the effective conduct of research. Throughout the course, the trainers will offer tools, techniques, and insights tailored specifically to the laboratory/research setting for the leadership of people, good communication, healthy resolution of conflict, and the management of workloads and responsibilities. Each module begins with an introduction from the trainers followed by the use of a range of interactive tools – both in self-reflection and in small group breakout activities – to integrate examples, experiences, and ideas from participants into the learning environment. 

GRANT WRITING FOR SCIENTISTS BOOTCAMP

The Training and Capacity Building Team for CZI Science is offering a Grant Writing for Scientists bootcamp which will provide concrete and actionable tools that decrease frustration and increase success in grant writing. The course also helps participants understand the “why” beneath the “how” of the proposal development process so that the skills transfer across funders. 

Dates: May 29, May 30, June 5, and June 6, from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Pacific Time

The course is hosted by AtKisson Training Group (ATG) in English on Zoom and is free of charge for participants. Throughout the four total sessions, the training conveys the fundamentals of proposal writing--concepts backed up with concrete tips and operational strategies--and provides tools for planning and longer-term sustainability.

The two-hour sessions combine lecture format and engagement activities, customized to your needs and potential funding targets. ATG’s approach to grant writing training includes “stop and practice” moments, short group discussions, “in-classroom flipped classroom” and moments for shared metacognition. The week between the first and second halves of the bootcamp will provide an opportunity for participants to work on proposals and apply what they’ve learned.

To keep the learning environment to an effective size for collaboration and support, we will admit participants through an application process. Application period is now closed. The bootcamp is capped at 30 people. Admitted applicants will be notified shortly after the deadline.

Eligibility & Expectations

• Full four-session attendance and interaction is expected from all participants, including any homework around your proposal.
• Participants will need a web camera, microphone, and a quiet place with reliable internet from which to attend the bootcamp.
• We’ll use US and English language examples, with concepts framed so they can be successfully applied across the globe.
• It is preferred that participants come with a specific project for funding and possible proposal in mind (examples will be highlighted, but your proposal possibilities and funder can vary).
• As time permits, we may workshop selected proposals.
• Participants must be a CZI Science grantee, either funded directly or on a team and/or group member of a grantee, or a collaborator of CZI Science.