December News from the Research Development Office

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Upcoming Events

Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Grant Proposals Virtual Seminar

The RDO, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a 4-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Proposals that will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021 and Friday January 7, 14, 21, 2022 from 9am-11am (8 total hours). The seminar is presented by Dr. Peg AtKisson (AtKisson Training Group).

Seminar Topics

  • Understanding the Basics of CAREERs
  • Planning Your Proposal
  • Crafting a Compelling Overview
  • Designing Your Education and Research Plans
  • Discussing the Literature, Preliminary Work, and Significance
  • Letters and the Rest

To learn more, see eligibility, and to register view the seminar webpage. Please register by Monday, November 29 (today).

NIH K Award Ecosystem: Writing a Competitive K Award Virtual Seminar

A competitive NIH Career Development K Award fits together like a complex ecosystem. This virtual seminar will walk you through all the parts of the proposal, emphasizing the purpose of each part and how different sections must mesh. Presented by Dr. Peg AtKisson (AtKisson Training Group) on Monday, December 6 from 9am-1pm. The session topics include:

  • How and why components must mesh
  • Choosing the right K Award
  • Addressing review criteria in all components
  • What makes a good Candidate?
  • Connecting Candidate, Career Development, and Mentor
  • Support letters
  • Transition from K to R

To see eligibility and to register, see the seminar webpage.  Please register by Wednesday, December 1.

Seeding Excellence Initiative

The RDO's Seeding Excellence Initiative (SEI) aims to sustain the continued growth of the campus research enterprise by providing competitive seed funding in four strategic areas: 1) community engaged research and scholarship, 2) diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), 3) early career scholars, and 4) interdisciplinary research.  SEI is made possible through funding to RDO from the public-private partnership (P3) Year 1 funding cycle.

View the webpage for for additional information.

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.

NSF CAREER Club

The NSF CAREER Club is designed to give you the knowledge and resources to craft competitive CAREER applications. Club participants will take part in events and services including editing, graphic design, and review services.

View the webpage to learn more about the NSF CAREER Club and to sign up to participate.

RDO Resources

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.

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

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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