Grants Workshops and Resources

Workshop: Faculty Fellowships, May 2024

How do you identify and assess external fellowship funding for your scholarship? What are the steps to prepare a competitive fellowship application? How can a fellowship fit into your sabbatical or scholarly leave plans?

If you’ve been considering any of these questions, we invite you to our upcoming Faculty Fellowship Workshop:

📅 Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00–1:00 PM
🔗 Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting

Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Drop-ins are welcome!

Past Grants Workshops

• Presented by the Office of Research
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Workshop: External Research Funding, May 2024

• Recording: Grants Workshop - External Research Funding
• Slides: External Research Funding
• Content: Types of funding - strategies to identify and assess funding for your project; next steps after you identify a funder.
• Presenters: Elizabeth Gallagher, Director, Office of Research, and Tom Naab, Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations

Workshop: Project Planning for an External Grant, Oct 2020

• Recording: Grants Workshop - Project Planning
• Slides Project Planning
• Content: scholarly project identification and development; timing and scope of project; collaborators; identifying funding needs; plus case studies from successful grant recipients.
• Presenters: Elizabeth Gallagher, Director, Office of Research; Helga Lénárt-Cheng, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures; Vidya Chandrasekaran, Professor, Biology; and James Pesavento, Associate Professor, Biology.