Initiating an antimicrobial stewardship program with limited resources

A Guide to Setting Up and Managing a Lab at a Research-Intensive Institution

“…Some newly hired PIs will get a start on writing their first grant proposal, or even submit one, before arriving. Grant writing strategies are covered in a separate article [1]; here, we review just selected matters that may help with envisioning the process in advance. Once you have a suitable funding source (like NIH) identified, it can be helpful to email a program officer there that handles grants in your subfield to ask for a short phone or video meeting.…”

“…Here, we cover how to set up and manage a lab. (A separate article in this series covers steps that follow toward tenure [1]). We have prepared this written guide to contribute to leveling the playing field for newly hired faculty, by demystifying some key steps to success that we learned little-by-little from various sources.…”