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Nov. 2, 2022: Early Strategies for Success: Proposal preparation workshop for faculty

The Office of Contracts and Grants and the Research Support Office are teaming up to help faculty learn key insights about ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s research enterprise, as well as tips for a successful proposal submission, and a peek into the administrative process of submitting sponsored project proposals.

• Brief overview of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s research enterprise structure and where OCG exists within that
• Why working with OCG from the very beginning of proposal development is your key to success
• Tips for a successful proposal submission
• Using the PSR form (where to find it, what it’s for, who to send it to, why we use it)
• Overview of the Proposal Process, Award Review, and Negotiation Process
• OCG Specialties vs. Other campus units

Jan. 25, 2023: Winning Strategies for Broader Impacts, Part I

Broader Impacts, along with Intellectual Merit, is the top consideration in evaluating proposals for the most competitive NSF funding opportunities. Related goals for broadening participation are also a growing priority for NSF and across other agencies and sponsors. With special insights from Molly Riddell and Dr. Tanya Ennis, the Research Support Office will cover key issues and strategies for creating high impact, high-scoring plans that succeed in an increasingly competitive funding environment. 

In this session, we will cover:

• A conceptual overview (and key differences between) Intellectual Merit, Broader Impacts, and Broadening Participation
• National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) frameworks
• The Ennis Broader Impacts Index for evaluating proposals
• Open discussion and brainstorming ideas among attendees

Feb. 8, 2023: Community College STEM Partnerships

This workshop is for those interested in working with community colleges students, either formally or informally. Janet Yowell, RSO Program staff and Co-PI of a recently funded $11M Department of Defense grant that focuses on community college engineering pathways, will provide participants with information on today’s community college students (their profile, transfer to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, STEM majors pursued, retention, etc.), as well as discuss opportunities for collaborating with this population within your research projects and grant proposals.

Yowell has experience with creating systems programming for seamless community college transfer for students who wish to pursue engineering degrees at four-year universities. She also has access to a network of community colleges at more than 30 colleges in six different states through another NSF grant for which she is PI as well as a DOE project in which she collaborates.

Feb. 22, 2023: Shared Sustainable Research Facilities 

The workshop will cover the ecosystem of shared-user facilities at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, including the opportunities and challenges of shared research facilities or core facilities. Serving over 350 users and 170 PIs, the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) is the largest shared-user facility across the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ system. Director Aju Jugessur will describe the capabilities, set-up, operational model, roles supporting and supported by the facility, and access protocols. This session will also discuss the criteria and a sustainable funding model for a shared-user or core facility designation.

Learn more about COSINC on the Shared Research and Instrumentation Page.

Mar. 8, 2023: Winning Strategies for Broader Impacts, Part II

Broader Impacts, along with Intellectual Merit, is the top consideration in evaluating proposals for the most competitive NSF funding opportunities. Related goals for broadening participation are also a growing priority for NSF and across other agencies and sponsors. With special insights from Molly Riddell and Dr. Tanya Ennis, the Research Support Office will cover key issues and strategies for creating high impact, high-scoring plans that succeed in an increasingly competitive funding environment. 

In this session, we will cover:

• Successful BI plan case studies
• Best practices for evaluating and assessing BI programming
• Open discussion and brainstorming ideas among attendees