Events & Webinars

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs invites you to register for an upcoming webinar! Whether you are looking to improve your grant-seeking strategies, refine your grant writing, or acquire new skills, our carefully selected webinars provide valuable insights for all. Secure your spot today and enhance your professional development!

Upcoming Webinars

The NSF CAREER Program 2026

February 5, 2026 1:00 PM CT

CAREER funds early-career faculty to do research that inspires great teaching – and teaching that inspires great research. Getting this grant is rocket fuel for your next five years. And even just thinking through the parts of the proposal will put you in better shape for the rest of your academic career.
This was one of our most popular webinars of 2025, and we've updated it with all the major new updates you need to know for a successful 2026 submission. More details coming forthwith!

Amiable Consulting: The NSF Whisperer

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2026, 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT

An early December Policy Notice made some big changes to the PAPPG, and now more shifts are in motion. If you submit proposals to NSF, these changes will affect you – some in obvious ways and others only if you know how to read between the lines. Don’t let any of this catch you off guard! Join me for a free webinar to unpack what’s new, what’s coming, and what it all means.

Topics we’ll cover:

★ The dissolution of Divisions

★ Bigger maximum awards for some key programs

★ Fewer reviewers? And sometimes no panels at all?!

★ New and expanded restrictions on Chinese collaboration and technology

★ What does the shift from “Tribal Nations” to “Indian Tribes” signal?

★ The doublespeak of “Gold Standard Science”

★ New research security training requirement for all PIs!

★ Why are reviews taking so much longer than usual?

Building Better (and EO-compliant!) Broader Impacts webinar recording

Trying to figure out how to work within NSF’s new Broader Impacts priorities, have societal impact, get funded, AND bring all minds into science? In our latest webinar, “Building Better (and EO compliant) Broader Impacts", we clear up all of this and more. We spend time dissecting NSF’s new rules, show examples of great BI plans, and share strategies for writing an excellent one so your proposal never gets declined based on your Broader Impacts again.

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Dissecting NSF’s New Broader Impacts Rules webinar
In our latest webinar, we distilled the latest information from our contacts inside, lawyers and experts, including "Updates on NSF Priorities" and the utter destruction of NSF as we have known it.
We talk about…

What does this mean for broadening participation?
Which grants (1400 and counting) are being terminated, and why?
What do the eliminations of divisions and rotators mean?
What areas will be prioritized moving forward?
What will the final award review process look like and mean for the proposal process?

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