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Do you feel ready to submit a CAREER proposal at this point in your faculty appointment? RIO's 2025 NSF CAREER Commit-to-Submit Writing Program��can help!

Led by Research & Innovation Office Proposal Writer/Editor Diane Carillo, this program is designed to support your proposal development from start to finish through individual/one-on-one writing and proposal development coaching, optional peer writing groups, red team reviews, and proposal draft reviews. Participants will learn the ins and outs of writing a competitive NSF CAREER proposal with the goal of submitting a strong proposal by the deadline.

• Who: All ��������Ƶ Boulder Early-Career Faculty
• When: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12-1:30 p.m.
• Where: Virtual via Zoom

Attention College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty: Please note that if you are a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), you are encouraged to attend RIO’s CAREER Kickoff Workshop. Everyone from CEAS is welcome.

Please come prepared to HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON so that you may start getting to know the rest of the 2025 NSF CAREER cohort and to engage in this participatory workshop.��

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

Are you interested in applying for an international award to conduct research/creative projects, collaborate with colleagues abroad, or to travel during a sabbatical in the next 1-3 years?��

Join us for this brief info session with presenters who will speak about their experiences with��,��, and��. See if one of these is right for you!

• Who:��All ��������Ƶ Research Faculty
• Where:��UMC Room 247 (Hybrid)
• When:��Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 3:30-5 p.m. MT��

All Faculty from all disciplines across campus pursuing research��and��interested in learning about international fellowship opportunities are welcome to attend, this session is specifically going to cover:

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This program is co-sponsored by ��������Ƶ Boulder’s German & Slavic Languages & Literatures Department, the History Department, the Office of Top Scholarships, the Research & Innovation Office, and the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History.��

This hybrid event will be offered in person and via Zoom. Refreshments will be provided for those who attend in-person.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

As part of its New Frontiers Grant Program, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) invites faculty to a Forum & Mixer to present ideas via one-minute, lightning-style presentations and network with potential partners.

The program seeks to cultivate new ��������Ƶ Boulder strengths through interdisciplinary teams involving two colleges and an institute. As such, the goal of the Frontier Forums is to facilitate teaming in advance of the Idea Phase deadline on March 17.

• Who: All ��������Ƶ Boulder Eligible Faculty and Research Staff
• When: Thursday, February 20, 2025 2pm - 4pm MST
• Where: Center for Community, Flatirons Room

Presenters must use the for the lightning-style presentations and send to rio@colorado.edu by February 18.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

Join us for a webinar featuring 1-minute faculty pitches to showcase expertise and build cross-campus collaborations for the $10M Burroughs Wellcome Climate + Health Centers opportunity.

A regional focus is essential, and competitive proposals will benefit from interdisciplinary teams spanning ��������Ƶ’s campuses.

Faculty from all campuses are invited to present and must submit to rio@colorado.edu by 5pm on February 19.

• Who: All Eligible Faculty and Research Staff across the ��������Ƶ system
• When: Friday, February 21, 2025 12pm - 1pm MST
• Where: Zoom Link will be emailed to registrants.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

Please join us for an introductory workshop on searching for grant opportunities, specifically customized for scholars in Education.

• Who:��Specifically designed for School of Education faculty, this workshop is open to all (including across disciplines, staff of all ranks, and graduate students and postdocs).
• When: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3 p.m. MST

In this 1-hour workshop, the School of Education (SOE) and the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) will provide a list of potential funding opportunities that ��������Ƶ education scholars have pursued in the past or that appear promising to pursue.

We will introduce faculty and others to free platforms (with ��������Ƶ Log In credentials) to help you identify potential funding opportunities (these include Pivot, Dimensions, and Philanthropy News Digest). We will discuss strategies for refining searches to fit scholars’ particular funding goals, ways to determine eligibility, and tips for identifying the most promising opportunities to pursue.

We welcome faculty members, postdocs, graduate students, and staff with a range of experience with grant preparation—whether you are early career and new to grant proposals or further along in your career and have already submitted several proposals, we hope that the information and strategies will be of use to you. The presentation will allow time for Q&A.

The program will be co-facilitated by Donna Axel (Proposal Writer & Research Development Specialist, RIO) and Joe Polman (Professor & Associate Dean for Research, SOE). We will record it for those who cannot attend and make the recording available to the SOE community afterward.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

This workshop is part one of two and will provide an overview of how to plan and generate ideas for broader impact research and activities.

The goal of this workshop is to teach participants how to develop their Broader Impacts Plan. Participants will explore and outline how they, their field, their capacity and societal needs help frame their Broader Impacts Plan and will leverage their passion to grow their broader impacts over time to benefit society and to grow in their career. Participants will learn to utilize valuable resources like the ARIS toolkit and gain insight into the guiding principles and evaluation criteria set by the National Science Foundation. Laying this foundation will better position participants in securing grants and awards and with achieving their broader impacts plans.

The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) offers this 30-minute informal opportunity for anyone across campus to speak with Research Development Specialist Donna Axel. Bring your questions about searching for funding!

RIO's Search for Funding webpage: /researchinnovation/research-development/funding/external-funding/search-funding

• Who: All ��������Ƶ Boulder Faculty, Research Staff, Postdocs, and Graduate Students
• When: March 11, 2025: 3pm-3:30pm
• Where: Virtual via Zoom

Due to security measures, please have your VPN activated and use your IdentiKey email for registration or be sure you are logged into ��������Ƶ Boulder Zoom prior to registering for this meeting:

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

Join us for a presentation followed by Q&A on the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Co-sponsored by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and ��������Ƶ's Office of Top Scholarships, this event features Julia V. Lieber (Outreach & Recruitment Specialist for the Fulbright Scholar Program, IIE) and ��������Ƶ Boulder’s Eric Vance (Applied Mathematics).��

Dr. Vance will speak about his experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia. Julia Lieber will speak about the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program which offers over 800 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. College and university faculty, as well as artists and professionals from a wide range of fields can join over 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections, and greater mutual understanding.��

• Who: All ��������Ƶ Boulder Faculty (all ranks) and staff interested in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
• When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 2-3 p.m. MT
• Where: Virtual via Zoom

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

This session will provide a deeper dive into how to best plan to evaluate broader impacts projects using various methods, evaluation tool options, and assessment rubrics. In addition, we will connect participants with campus resources for effective engagement successful planning. Laying this foundation will better position participants in securing grants and awards and with achieving their broader impacts plans.

Facilitated by Donna Axel, faculty participate in one small group of 2-5. This virtual workshop will provide space to discuss each faculty's draft. In advance of the workshop, faculty will exchange drafts to consider potential improvements using the NEH categories and requirements. Then, during the peer review workshop, faculty will share their comments and ideas. Day/time TBD by faculty.

For one-on-one support, please reach out to Donna Axel at��Donna.Axel@Colorado.EDU.

• Who: T/TT Arts and Humanities Faculty��and Social Sciences Faculty pursuing humanistic research who are interested in applying for a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships (deadline: April 9, 2025).
• When:��TBD, Faculty determine one convenient day/time (in early to mid-March).

Please join us for an introductory workshop on proposal writing for grant applications, as well as the process for applying for grants at ��������Ƶ, specifically customized for scholars in Education.

• Who:��Specifically designed for School of Education faculty, this workshop is open to all (including across disciplines, staff of all ranks, and graduate students and postdocs).
• When: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. MST

In this 1-hour workshop, the School of Education (SOE), the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), and the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) will provide tips for writing successful proposals and specific instructions for how to initiate OCG’s extensive support services for external grants.

Designed to be an introduction to ways you can leverage ��������Ƶ’s support services, we welcome faculty members, graduate students, and staff with a range of experience with grant preparation—whether you are early career and new to grant proposals or further along in your career and have already submitted several proposals, we hope that the information and strategies will be of use to you. The presentation will allow time for Q&A.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

The goal of this workshop is to educate and equip participants with the budgeting and financial planning skills necessary to develop proposal budgets, specifically, budgets for broader impacts projects.

Participants will learn how to plan early and will understand the essential components of a strong proposal budget that considers funding required to implement broader impacts projects successfully. Campus resources will be shared with participants to support budgeting and financial planning. Laying this foundation will better position participants with securing grants and awards and with achieving their broader impacts plans.

• Who: ��������Ƶ Boulder Faculty and Staff
• When: Friday, April 4, 2025, 12-1:30 p.m. MT
• Where: Virtual Via Zoom

Register for one or more of the five workshops supported by the university’s DEI Impact Grant with matching funds from RIO. Up to 40 participants will receive $250 for participation in at least three workshops and in the JEDIA Scholar Learning Community. Please reach out to Dr. Ennis if you have any questions at tanya.ennis@colorado.edu.

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

The goal of this workshop is a continuation of developing a Broader Impacts Plan.

Participants will learn about establishing partnerships to reach their intended audience and how to actualize their broader impacts plans effectively with their intended audience. Participants will learn to utilize valuable resources like the ARIS toolkit and gain insight into the guiding principles and evaluation criteria set by the National Science Foundation. Participants will engage in foundational activities for developing a project budget, for creating goals and for evaluating the results of the broader impacts project. We will also review evaluation tool options, an assessment rubric, and connect PIs with resources for successful planning. Laying this foundation will better position participants with securing grants and awards and achieving their broader impacts plans.

The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) offers this 30-minute informal opportunity for anyone across campus to speak with Research Development Specialist Donna Axel. Bring your questions about searching for funding!

RIO's Search for Funding webpage: /researchinnovation/research-development/funding/external-funding/search-funding

• Who: All ��������Ƶ Boulder Faculty, Research Staff, Postdocs, and Graduate Students
• When: May 7, 2025: 11am-11:30am
• Where: Virtual via Zoom

Due to security measures, please have your VPN activated and use your IdentiKey email for registration or be sure you are logged into ��������Ƶ Boulder Zoom prior to registering for this meeting:

(Please register using your ��������Ƶ Boulder Identikey email.)

This session will provide a deeper dive into effective research “with” and “by” communities building off the Spring 2024 workshop with Dr. Leilah Lyons, an NSF Program Director of the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) Program. Increasing participants’ capacity to center and develop authentic partnerships with communities is the focus of this workshop. 

This workshop will address ways to refrain from common transactional practices that perpetuate tokenism and exploitation of communities when engaging with them for research purposes. Developing and fostering mutual beneficial partnerships is the focus of this workshop. Laying this foundation will better position participants with securing grants and awards and achieving their broader impacts plans.