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!

The Human Subjects and Vertebrate Animals Sections: How Not to Fail

This session will cover the basics of how to complete these critical, score-driving components of your R16 proposal, how to adequately address both the regulatory requirements and cover vital aspects of rigor and reproducibility, and common pitfalls to avoid. This presentation will equip faculty and staff to:

• Learn how to complete these two sections

• Learn the basic expectations for regulatory compliance

• Learn what reviewers expect and these sections influence your overall impact score

• Learn common mistakes to avoid

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern (60-min plus live Q&A)

Speakers: 

• M. Paul Murphy, PhD, Program Co-Director, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky

• Katchy Grzech, MA, Executive Director, Proposal Development Office, University of Kentucky

Register here: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement in Grant Development

For many large-scale grants, funders are aiming to foster cross-sector and community engagement to maximize the impact of their awards and solve complex challenges. This webinar will review key considerations and best practices for engaging partners and stakeholders in the grant development process to ensure that impact is realized.

Webinar: Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement in Grant Development

Date: Thursday, November 20th

Time: 12pm ET / 9am PT

Speakers:

• Dr. Kristina Weaver — Managing Grants Consultant, Hanover Research
• Clinton Doggett — Senior Grants Advisor, Hanover Research 

Unable to attend? Register and we will send a copy of the recording and slides after the webinar.

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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NIH Grant Event Calendar: Calendar of Events | Grants & Funding

Unwrap the NIH Grants Process: Application to Award -  Unwrap the NIH Grants Process: Application to Award   – NIH Extramural Nexus

NIH Grants Process for Beginners: Webinar Resources 

• Learn the basics with NIH Grants Process: A Walk-Through for Beginners
• Tune in for answers to your questions in the NIH Expert Q&A Panel: Part 1
• Test your knowledge with Submission Policies: You Make the Call
• More questions and answers in the NIH Expert Q&A Panel: Part 2
• Take our panelists’ advice: Grant Application Tips from NIH Experts

Location: Online

 Resources and webinar link: https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/06/04/nih-grants-process-for-beginners-webinar-resources-available/

NSF Grant Event Calendar: Events | NSF - National Science Foundation