USU researchers can review the Office of Research memo in Box. If you have any difficulties accessing the memo, please email Jeri Hansen.
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FY24 Cycle 1 Seed Grants
June 15, 2023
FY24 cycle 1 seed grant applications are due June 15, 2023. Be sure to check with your Dean’s Office on internal deadline. Awarded grants will begin September 1, 2023.
LIMITED SUBMISSION Notice of Intent
NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
NSF submission window October 16 - November 15
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our nation's institutions of higher education, not-for-profit museums, science centers, and scientific/engineering research organizations. The program provides organizations with opportunities to acquire major instrumentation that supports the research and research training goals of the organization and that may be used by other researchers regionally or nationally.
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Datapalooza 2023
March 22, 2023
1:30 - 3:15pm
In-person and virtual (Zoom)
Join the USU Libraries for Datapalooza 2023! Topics to be covered are Data 101, ORCID, and the research data lifecycle with presentations from librarians and researchers across campus. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is required.
Interacting with Program Officers Workshop
March 29, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm MT
Virtual event (Zoom)
The Office of Research’s Interacting with Program Officers workshop provides faculty with a better understanding of the role of funding agency program officers/leaders and why their feedback is important to increasing funding chances. The workshop will offer tips on how to develop a relationship with program officers/leaders, including advice on effective communication and common mistakes to avoid, and the importance of confirming if research ideas align with agency/program goals. The workshop will also include an interactive panel discussion with former program officers/leaders who are now at USU.
CHaSS Grant Writing Charrette
March 31, 2023
Noon - 3:00pm MT
Applications are due by March 17
The College of Humanities & Social Sciences, the Office of Research, and USU Libraries will sponsor a grant-writing charrette - a hands-on collaborative peer review session - for researchers who will soon be submitting external grants, research fellowships, residential fellowships, humanities awards, and other sponsored activities and research. Participants will share a grant proposal in progress with a small group of fellow participants and receive targeted, actionable feedback. Participation in the workshop is by application only.
2023 Proposal Writing Institute
May 15, 18, 22, 25, June 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 2023
10:00am - noon MT
The fifteenth annual Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) will be held in late Spring 2023 to assist researchers in learning to develop high-quality proposals for extramural funding. The PWI is conducted via a small-group setting allowing for individualized attention and the development of rapport among participants and the various staff members across campus who support them. Acceptance to participate in the Institute is a competitive process and faculty should check with their Dean's Office on its internal application deadline.
Graduate Student Proposal Writing Seminar
September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 2023
1:00 - 3:00pm MT
Virtual event (Zoom)
Registration opens August 2023
The goal of this seminar is to provide those with little to no proposal writing knowledge or experience with a framework of how to place a proposal in the context of a project. This seminar will help demystify the proposal process and emphasizes how the approaches taught can also be applied to planning and writing a thesis project or paper for publication. Seminar content is spread out over the four days (i.e., new content each day). Participants must attend all four days to receive the full training.
Faculty Proposal Writing Seminar
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, 2023
1:00 - 3:00pm MT
Virtual event (Zoom)
Registration opens August 2023
The goal of this seminar is to provide those with some proposal writing experience with new approaches and ways to think about preparing a proposal. The approaches taught during the seminar will help demystify the proposal writing process but at the same time provide concrete tools to use in organizing the information and arguments necessary for the development of a compelling proposal. Seminar content is spread out over the four days (i.e., new content each day). Participants must attend all four days to receive the full training.
Arts and Humanities Proposal Writing Seminar
January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2024
1:00 - 3:00pm MT
Virtual event (Zoom)
Registration opens Fall 2023
This seminar emphasizes the why as well as the how of proposal writing to help arts and humanities faculty and advanced graduate students develop the proposal writing techniques they need to competitively apply to the specialized sponsors of creative activities and research. Seminar content is spread out over the four days (i.e., new content each day). Participants must attend all four days to receive the full training.
Seed Grants and Funding