Webinars Available for Potential NIH Applicants
If you’re interested in submitting a proposal to NIH anytime soon, you should plan to attend one of the upcoming webinars in early November! Viewers Will See Presentations by Five CSR/NIH Experts The...
View ArticleThursday Top Ten: Research Development Resources at VCU
This week’s Thursday Top Ten is all about research development at VCU. Here are the top ten things you need to know: 1) Number One on the list is, of course, COS Pivot! This is the database of more...
View ArticleThursday Top Ten: Tips for NIH Newbies
Today’s post is a very special one– the first written by Heather Lennon, our grant research administrator! Thanks for the great tips, Heather! This week’s Thursday Top Ten is all about NIH proposals....
View ArticleHumanities Research Center Residential Fellowship Program for Spring 2016
This just in from our friends at the HRC: The Humanities Research Center’s annual Residential Fellowship Program each year gives four faculty members who are working on related issues or topics release...
View ArticleResponding to Negative Reviews
“Publish or Perish” is the oft-repeated mantra of academia, but as we’ve discussed before, the “publish” part is getting more difficult. Maybe not as difficult as getting funded these days, but...
View ArticleOpen Access at VCU
Open Access has been quite a buzz word over the last few years, with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) leading the charge to require public access to federally funded...
View ArticleFunding Monday: Sign Up Now for Federal Workshops at VCU!
Jessica Venable at Resources for Researchers has posted some great opportunities for anyone who wants to learn more about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and/or NSF! Reblogging...
View ArticleNIH Webinar on Uniform Guidance
Here’s another educational opportunity for those who have or are interested in NIH funding! NIH is holding a webinar about their new terms and conditions in response to the Uniform Guidance on...
View ArticleVCU 2015-2016 CAREER Academy
This just in from the Office of Research: Dear Colleagues, The Office of Research and Innovation is pleased to announce that we will support another cohort of the VCU CAREER Academy in 2015-2016. The...
View ArticleApplications Now Being Accepted for VCU 2015-2016 CAREER Academy!
The Call for Application for VCU’s 2015-2016 CAREER Academy is now open! All the details are on Jessica Venable’s blog, Resources for Researchers. Applications are due by June 15, 2015.
View ArticleThursday Top Ten: Things You Should Never Say to a Research Administrator
This week’s Top Ten features the top things you shouldn’t say (but probably do!) to your research administrator. I’ve heard them all. Multiple times..this week. I still love you all. 1) “Just push...
View ArticleThursday Top Ten: VCU Libraries Resources to Help with Grant Writing and...
Today’s Top Ten comes to us from guest blogger Margaret Henderson, of VCU Libraries fame! Here are the top ten resources available to grant writers and researchers at VCU Libraries: DMPTool – There are...
View ArticleNEH Announces Major New Funding
The first awardees under NEH’s new Public Scholar program have been announced.. over $36 Million! “This funding will support a wide variety of projects including traveling exhibitions, the creation of...
View ArticleReady, Set Grant! You Need to Sign Up for This!
We’ve been working with a team of grant professionals from across VCU on a new 3-day conference-style event that you cannot miss! Set for January 12-14, 2016, this program will feature speakers from...
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Top Ten: Tips for Success in Writing
It’s time for a Top Ten List! It’s been a little while, and even though it isn’t Thursday (and Thursday is now Policy Spotlight day!) the Top Ten lives on! Today’s Top Ten centers on tips for success...
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“Faculty Speed Dating” for Research Comes to VCU!
Are you a VCU faculty member looking for research partnerships? Meet researchers outside your discipline at this fast-paced networking event for clinicians, scientists and engineers! Talk for a...
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Special Update: OSP Staffing Levels are Critical!
We received an email from our central OSP office this morning that we need to share with you. This is OSP’s current proposal pipeline for this week: Our OSP office works very hard, but they are...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Records Management, Leadership, and More
Are you following the proper Records Management procedures? This is an important, but often overlooked part of our responsibility as research administrators. There have been some changes at VCU...
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