Seminars and Workshops
Research Development Services hosts writing groups for faculty pursuing extramural funding. See the navigation to the left for what's upcoming.
2025-2026 Academic Year
- The NEH Fellowships Writing Group is an opportunity for faculty to develop their proposals with structured support and peer feedback for the April 2026 NEH Fellowship deadline. Open to all disciplines and career stages, the writing group helps shape proposals over four months with targeted guidance. Join us, whether you are in the early phases of planning or ready to jump into applying for NEH funding. Apply to join the NEH Fellowships Writing Group. Individual support, year-round, is available by emailing Marie Teemant.
- Federal R&D Chats. Tune in to what's happening in D.C. with special presentations by government relations firm Lewis-Burke & Associates (through April).
- FREE DoD Funding Course with Wise Investigator. Includes a video course on why you consider DoD funding, the approach, the organizations, programs, and connecting with those at DoD.
- International Coordination Group. Discover how you can participate in collaborative international research through this seminar series for faculty and staff (through April 2025).
- NIH On-Demand Webinars. Learn about grant writing for the NIH at your own pace in 6 sessions of 18 short videos (through March).
- NSF CAREER Grant Preparation Program. Become NSF-Career-Grant savvy through this cohort-based writing group (through July).
- RDS Brown Bag Series. Learn how our Research Development team can help you access, maintain, and grow research funding (through April).
- Webinar Series with Academic Research Funding Strategies. Attend one or all of these workshops: 1) For New Faculty: Funding Your Research, 2) Pursuing Funding For The Social Sciences, 3) How to Write Successful Grants for Instrumentation, 4) Pursuing Funding from the Department of Energy.
Upcoming Events
- See all of the upcoming Research & Partnerships Events at the ORP Events Calendar. From the link, you can also view past events.