February News from the Research Development Office

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Upcoming Events

Broader Impacts Workshops: Broader Impacts 101

*Required prerequisite to Session 2

Friday, February 19th @ 10am-12pm*

A general overview of the history of the NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion, as well as discussion and small-group activities developed to teach strategies for design and implementation of BI activities.

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Broader Impacts Workshops: NSF CAREER Awards

*Session 1 is a required prerequisite for participation

Friday, February 26th @ 10am-12pm*

A discussion of strategies for developing a competitive NSF CAREER Award, with emphasis on the Broader Impacts and Education Plan.  The concept of Broader Impacts Identity will be introduced, and its relevance to the Education Plan and Broader Impacts will be discussed.

Eligibility: NSF CAREER eligible faculty.

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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 Thursday, February 25 from 10am-11am 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.

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Recordings

Did you miss these sessions? Want to view them? Click on the links below to view the recordings.

Identifying and Capturing Research Funding

Analyzing the Research Funding Landscape

NIH Study Section

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 Library. Note: 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.

In Case You Missed It

OVPR Discovery and Innovation Award Nominations

Incredible and transformative work is taking place at the University across disciplines in the areas of discovery, innovation, and leadership development. You have an opportunity to help recognize the individuals responsible for this amazing work by submitting your nominations for faculty, staff and student research, safety, and mentorship awards.

Nominations for Discovery and Innovation awards are due to OVPR by Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

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