Research Support Workshops

Research Development

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 the events you’re interested in by using the form at the bottom of this page – once we have enough interested participants, we will reach out to schedule the event at a time that works for you.

In addition, Mines is part of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), which offers a wide range of faculty development workshops. Please check out their website and workshop offerings using your Mines credentials.

Funding Workshops

How to Find Funding Opportunities

Overview of different strategies to find a funding opportunity that fits
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher.
Duration: 1 hour

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Pivot Drop-in Office Hour

Overview of the Pivot funding opportunity database. Ask questions and learn how to use Pivot to claim a profile, set up curated searches, and find your next grant funding opportunity.

Audience: All faculty
Every first Tuesday of the month from 9:00 to 9:30 am. Join using our meeting invite link on our events page.

Proposal Development Workshops

Proposal Writing Best Practices

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.
Duration: 1 hour

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Cultivating a Diverse Funding Portfolio

Panel discussion about strategies to branch out to new funders
Audience: Mid-career faculty who have had success with one or two funders
Duration: 1 hour

Developing Interdisciplinary Team Proposals

Learn tips to help team proposals come together (relatively) smoothly
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Data Managment Plans 101

Learn how to write a compliant and implementable data management plan for your next proposal
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher!
Duration: 1 hour

Strengthening you Community Impacts

Panel discussion about strategies to incorporate DI&A, Community Benefits, and Broader Impacts Plans into your proposal
Audience: Research Faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Please check out our past events page to view these past recorded workshops.

Working in Collaboration Workshops

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Working with Industry

Panel discussion of how to secure industry funding and keep industry sponsors happy
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Working with Specific Sponsors

Panel discussion about how best to work with various sponsors
Audience: All faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Working with National Labs

Learn practical tips to help you partner successfully with researchers at national labs.
Audience: All faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Service in Washington, D.C.

Panel discussion about spending time in D.C. as a program officer for a funding agency
Audience: Anyone interested in this type of service
Duration: 1 hour

Other Workshops

Indirect Cost Return (IDC): How It Works

Overview of how IDC is calculated and disseminated
Audience: All researchers
Duration: 1 hour

Creating Service Center Rates and Indirect Cost Charges for Instruments

A comprehensive discussion on creating service center rates, including rate development and the indirect cost associated with them.
Audience: Faculty responsible for laboratory equipment.
Duration: 1 hour

Intro to Tech Transfer

Discussion of how to move from idea to license
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Intro to Human Subject Research

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
Duration: 1 hour

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity workshops

NCFDD workshops are focused on productivity, mentoring, time management, and writing and are tailored for a variety of faculty audiences.

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Developing Interdisciplinary Team Proposals

Cultivating a Diverse Funding Portfolio

Data Management Plans 101

How to Find Funding Opportunities

Indirect Cost Return (IDC): How It Works

Influencing Your Sponsor

Intro to Human Subjects Research

Intro to Tech Transfer

Proposal Writing Best Practices

Service in Washington, D.C.

Working with Specific Sponsors

Working with Industry

Working with National Labs

Creating Service Center Rates and Indirect Cost Charges for Instruments

Pivot: What It Is and How to Use It

Strengthening Your Community Impacts = Broader Impacts/Community Benefits

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Research Support Workshops

Improve your skills. Increase your funding.

Funding Workshops

How to Find Funding Opportunities

Overview of different strategies to find a funding opportunity that fitsAudience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher.Duration: 1 hour

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitationAudience: Mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Pivot Drop-in Office Hour

Overview of the Pivot funding opportunity database. Ask questions and learn how to use Pivot to claim a profile, set up curated searches, and find your next grant funding opportunity.

Audience: All facultyEvery first Tuesday of the month from 9:00 to 9:30 am. Join using our meeting invite link on our events page.

Proposal Development Workshops

Proposal Writing Best Practices

Tips to help you write a proposal that is easy for your reviewers to readAudience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher.Duration: 1 hour

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitationAudience: Mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Cultivating a Diverse Funding Portfolio

Panel discussion about strategies to branch out to new fundersAudience: Mid-career faculty who have had success with one or two fundersDuration: 1 hour

Developing Interdisciplinary Team Proposals

Learn tips to help team proposals come together (relatively) smoothlyAudience: Mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Data Managment Plans 101

Learn how to write a compliant and implementable data management plan for your next proposalAudience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher!Duration: 1 hour

Strengthening you Community Impacts

Panel discussion about strategies to incorporate DI&A, Community Benefits, and Broader Impacts Plans into your proposalAudience: Research FacultyDuration: 1 hourPlease check out our past events page to view these past recorded workshops.

Working in Collaboration Workshops

Influencing Your Sponsor

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitationAudience: Mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Working with Industry

Panel discussion of how to secure industry funding and keep industry sponsors happyAudience: Early- and mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Working with Specific Sponsors

Panel discussion about how best to work with various sponsorsAudience: All facultyDuration: 1 hour

Working with National Labs

Learn practical tips to help you partner successfully with researchers at national labs.Audience: All facultyDuration: 1 hour

Service in Washington, D.C.

Panel discussion about spending time in D.C. as a program officer for a funding agencyAudience: Anyone interested in this type of serviceDuration: 1 hour

Other Workshops

Indirect Cost Return (IDC): How It Works

Overview of how IDC is calculated and disseminatedAudience: All researchersDuration: 1 hour

Creating Service Center Rates and Indirect Cost Charges for Instruments

A comprehensive discussion on creating service center rates, including rate development and the indirect cost associated with them.Audience: Faculty responsible for laboratory equipment.Duration: 1 hour

Intro to Tech Transfer

Discussion of how to move from idea to licenseAudience: Early- and mid-career facultyDuration: 1 hour

Intro to Human Subject Research

Overview of what constitutes human subjects research and Mines’ process to ensure study participants are protectedAudience: All faculty, especially those who conduct education-related researchDuration: 1 hour

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity workshops

NCFDD workshops are focused on productivity, mentoring, time management, and writing and are tailored for a variety of faculty audiences.

Workshop Signup

Overview of different strategies to find a funding opportunity that fits
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher.
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Audience: All faculty
Every first Tuesday of the month from 9:00 to 9:30 am. Join using our meeting invite link on our events page.

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.
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about strategies to branch out to new funders
Audience: Mid-career faculty who have had success with one or two funders
Duration: 1 hour

Learn tips to help team proposals come together (relatively) smoothly
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Learn how to write a compliant and implementable data management plan for your next proposal
Audience: Early career faculty, or anyone who needs a refresher!
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about strategies to incorporate DI&A, Community Benefits, and Broader Impacts Plans into your proposal
Audience: Research Faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Please check out our past events page to view these past recorded workshops.

Panel discussion about how to shape a future solicitation
Audience: Mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion of how to secure industry funding and keep industry sponsors happy
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about how best to work with various sponsors
Audience: All faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Learn practical tips to help you partner successfully with researchers at national labs.
Audience: All faculty
Duration: 1 hour

Panel discussion about spending time in D.C. as a program officer for a funding agency
Audience: Anyone interested in this type of service
Duration: 1 hour

Overview of how IDC is calculated and disseminated
Audience: All researchers
Duration: 1 hour

A comprehensive discussion on creating service center rates, including rate development and the indirect cost associated with them.
Audience: Faculty responsible for laboratory equipment.
Duration: 1 hour

Discussion of how to move from idea to license
Audience: Early- and mid-career faculty
Duration: 1 hour

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
Duration: 1 hour