Research Support Workshops for Faculty
Improve your skills. Increase your funding.
The workshops listed below are designed to help faculty of all levels navigate the world of sponsored research by focusing on topics such as proposal writing, how to find funding, funding agency requirements and more.
Sign up for events – once we have enough interested participants, we will reach out to schedule the event at a time that works for you.
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Recordings of Past Events »
Creating Service Center Rates and Indirect Cost Charges for Instruments
What: A comprehensive discussion on creating service center rates, including rate development and the indirect cost associated with them
Audience: Faculty responsible for laboratory equipment
Presenter: Johanna Eagan and Jason Shuck
Duration: 1 hour
Cultivating a Diverse Funding Portfolio
What: Panel discussion about strategies to branch out to new funders
Audience: Mid-career faculty who have had success with one or two funders
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Developing Interdisciplinary Team Proposals
What: Learn tips to help team proposals come together (relatively) smoothly
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Presenter: Erika Jermé or guest speaker
Duration: 1 hour
GrantForward: What It Is and How to Use It
What: Overview of the GrantForward funding database and how to set up effective custom searches
Audience: All faculty
Presenter: RTT
Duration: 1 hour
How to Find Funding Opportunities
What: Overview of different strategies to find a funding opportunity that fits
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher!
Presenter: Erika Jermé
Duration: 1 hour
Indirect Cost Return (IDC): How It Works
What: Overview of how IDC is calculated and disseminated
Audience: All researchers
Presenter: Johanna Eagan, Director of ORA
Duration: 1 hour
Influencing Your Sponsor
What: Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Intro to Human Subjects Research
What: Overview of what constitutes human subjects research and Mines’ process to ensure study participants are protected
Audience: All faculty, especially those who conduct education-related research
Presenter: Scot Allen or other member(s) of HSR committee
Duration: 1 hour
Intro to Lobbying
What: Overview of the federal budget process and how to influence it
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Presenter: Mines’ lobbyists
Duration: 1 hour
Intro to Tech Transfer
What: Discussion of how to move from idea to license
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Presenter: Will Vaughan
Duration: 1 hour
Proposal Writing Best Practices
What: Tips to help you write a proposal that is easy for your reviewers to read
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher!
Presenter: Erika Jermé
Duration: 1 hour
Service in Washington, D.C.
What: Panel discussion about spending time in D.C. as a program officer for a funding agency
Audience: Anyone interested in this type of service
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Strengthening Your Broader Impacts
What: Panel discussion about how to write strong Broader Impacts in your next NSF proposal
Audience: All faculty
Presenter: Panel of 3-4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Working with Industry
What: Panel discussion of how to secure industry funding and keep industry sponsors happy
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Working with National Labs
What: Learn practical tips to help you partner successfully with researchers at national labs.
Audience: All faculty
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour
Working with Specific Sponsors
What: Panel discussion about how best to work with various sponsors (fill in the sponsor(s) you want to learn more about on your sign-up form)
Audience: All faculty
Presenter: Panel of 3–4 faculty members
Duration: 1 hour