In this workshop, key aspects of specific aims are discussed; how Specific Aims patterns are identified and used to examine attendees' Specific Aims as to content and impact. Led by Dorothy E. Lewis, PhD, faculty development manager, this 90-minute workshop will provide a brief lecture, followed by small group interactions. Attendees should bring to the workshop: background information, the hypothesis and partially developed aims so that we can help you develop Specific Aims in a small group discussion. Attendees will learn:

• Specific Aim patterns
• Identify rhetoric that drives a successful submission