August News from the Research Development Office

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Upcoming Events

Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators

Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us on an upcoming date below to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.

  • Friday, July 30 from 10am-11am
  • Monday, August 30 from 1pm-2pm
    • Location: 2523 UCC (Training Room) or Zoom
    • Registration: Register here.
  • Friday, September 24 from 10am-11am
    • Location: 2523 UCC (Training Room) or Zoom.
    • Registration: Register here.

Write Winning Grant Proposals Seminar

Do you want to understand the fundamental aspects of grant writing through a detailed framework for structuring your grant proposals? Join Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writer's Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) for the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar in two, half-day virtual sessions on Thursday, September 30 from 1-4:30pm and Friday, October 1, 2021 from 8:30am-Noon (half-day virtual sessions). The deadline to register is 11:59 PM on Sunday, September 12.

See the seminar's webpage for additional information and registration details.

Jumpstarting Tomorrow

Jumpstarting Tomorrow, a hybrid pilot grant/community-building program, will support innovative and collaborative teams that could become the vanguard for future strategic research investments by the university.

Non-RDO Events

SciVal Workshop Series

Join Linda Galloway, Elsevier Customer Consultant, to learn about SciVal, Elsevier’s analytics solution. SciVal provides access to the comprehensive research performance of over 19,000 research institutions and their associated researchers from 230 nations worldwide. SciVal allows you to visualize your research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop strategic partnerships, identify and analyze new, emerging research trends, and create uniquely tailored reports. SciVal is fully supported by the Scholarly Impact department in the UI Libraries.

Visit the series webpage for additional information.

UIDPConnect 2021

Are you looking for the latest strategies and tips for developing and enhancing relationships with industry to support your research goals? The virtual UIDPConnect 2021 conference aims to advance the university-industry partnership continuum by sharing, connecting, and solving challenges.

The Office of the Vice President for Research has secured institutional access to UIDPCONNECT 2021, which will offer an array of programming from September 13-17 to help research faculty and staff develop and enhance partnerships with industry. 

Visit here and enter voucher code CONNECTACCESS2021 (no cost to you). With institutional access, anyone with an @uiowa.edu email address will be able to register for access to all sessions at no cost.

RDO Resources

Learn from Successful Examples: Resource Library

Are you curious about how to structure your proposal to a certain funding agency? Check out the Resource Library to see example successful proposals to various funding agencies and for inspiration while drafting your proposal.

View the Resource LibraryNote: HawkID authentication required

Increase Grant Competitiveness through an External Review

Would you like to receive critical feedback on your grant proposal by an expert in your field? The External Grant Review program facilitates one external review that provides a funding agency specific review of your proposal concluding with both written and oral comments.

View the guidelines for receiving an external review.

Networking Surveys

Networking surveys create a directory to help identify potential collaborators for your ideas and projects. There are currently eight topics represented: 1) human-technology interface, 2) artificial intelligence/machine learning, 3) e-cigarettes/vaping, 4) global health, 5) mental health, 6) opioids, 7) COVID-19, and 8) microfabrication/nanofabrication.

Complete the surveys and see the results here.

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