The Office of Research provides robust support for faculty training. Learn more about the opportunities available to hone your grant writing and proposal development skills, as well as submission deadlines for internal grants available through the Office of Research.
Annual Calendar
Fall Semester
August
- New Faculty Research Orientation
September/October
- Seed Grant Workshop
- New Faculty Start-up Budget Training
October/November
Spring Semester
January
- Seed Grant applications due
February/March
- Datapalooza: Research data management workshop
- Interacting with Program Officers Workshop
April
- Capital Equipment Grant applications due
Summer Semester
May/June
- Proposal Writing Institute
- Seed Grant applications due (June)
Other Training Opportunities
On-Demand Training
Short, on-demand trainings are available on different proposal development topics such as finding funding, how to review a Request for Applications (RFA), and how to submit an external proposal at USU.
Target Audience: Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, professional staff
Offered: Anytime
Arts & Humanities
The Arts & Humanities Grant Writing Seminar is similar to the regular faculty proposal writing seminar but with special emphasis on how to write successful proposals to the funders of creative activities.
Target Audience: Arts and humanities faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, professional staff
Offered: Every other Spring semester
Training Offered by External Funding Agencies
Several external funding agencies (e.g., NSF, NIH, USDA, IES) provide different opportunities to learn more about agency-specific proposal writing. Check out the Agency Sponsored Grant Writing Workshops page for more information.
Target Audience: Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, professional staff
Offered: Varies by agency