RCA Events

The RCA Office is committed to providing training opportunities across various disciplines, access to experts through learning opportuntities, and special events.

Strategic Funding: Adapting to the Changing NIH Landscape Zoom session

March 19, 2:00pm
The session will run 30 to 60 minutes with time for a Q&A

The significant changes at NIH have led to ongoing uncertainty for biomedical researchers. The news changes almost daily, though information about timelines and funding levels remains unclear.

Dr. Meg Bouvier will address policy changes at the NIH and the role of foundation funding in keeping your research program afloat at a special session of her bi-weekly Ask the Grantwriting ExpertZoom session.

Note: Through our institutional membership, all NDSU researchers have access to Bouvier Grant Group's sessions like this, which also include live biweekly Q&A sessions and virtual office hour meetings with Dr. Bouvier. Register to receive additional information and access to sessions like this one.

NSF Career Award Spring Bootcamp

  • Jan. 27, 12:00-1p
    Kick off, familiarization with online bootcamp materials
  • Feb. 24 12:00-1p
    Intellectual Merit / Broader Impacts
  • March 24, 12:00-1p
    Educational Component
  • April 28, 12:00-1p
    Ugly first draft
  • May 19, 12:00-1p
    Other sections/ continue to work with consultant
  • June – July
    Work with consultant as needed

POSTPONED: Demystifying the USDA, AFRI Annual Request for Applications (RFA) with a USDA, NIFA National Program Leader

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.

The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The six priority areas are:

  1. Plant Health and Production and Plant Products
  2. Animal Health and Production and Animal Products
  3. Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health
  4. Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment
  5. Agriculture Systems and Technology
  6. Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities.

Research-only, extension-only, and integrated research, education and/or extension projects are solicited in this Request for Applications (RFA). See Foundational and Applied Science RFA for specific details.

Grant Budgeting for Faculty and Staff

March 17, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Meadowlark, Memorial Union + Zoom
BYO lunch (coffee, tea, and softdrinks provided).

Learn more about developing successful grant budgets for faculty, staff who submit grants, and those working in colleges and departments who support faculty.

RCA Open House: Exploring Foundation Funding

March 19, 2025 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Nueta, Memorial Union + Zoom

Learn about a variety of foundation funding opportunities and application process tips from RCA staff.

Review the non-federal funding research opportunities calendar from Hanover Research.

Reignite, Reimagine, Reinvent (R3): New Directions and Perspectives for Generating Shovel-Ready Ideas to Seek Funding for Your Research and Creative Activity

April 2, 2025, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Meadowlark, Memorial Union

Who: Tenured faculty
Why: Thinking of a scholarly pivot? A re-ignition? How to reframe your work in light of federal uncertainty? Thinking about a post-tenure review timeline?
What: A 1-hour session including:

  • Featured speakers
  • Hands-on activity with peers/mentors to assist in how to get started
  • Information about an upcoming, 6-week summer session intended to support faculty with a mentored, cohort experience to create proposals for internal or external funding
  • Access to asynchronous grant writing support resources

 

Summer Opportunity! (More information available soon)

Reignite, Reimagine, Reinvent (R3): New Directions and Perspectives for Generating Shovel-Ready Ideas to Seek Funding for Your Research and Creative Activity

We are offering a 6-week program for a cohort of up to 10 faculty with a virtual facilitator and local writing support. The goal of the program is to produce a 5-10 page shovel-ready project proposal that could be used for internal or external funding opportunities.

  • Eligibility: tenured faculty
  • Mid-May through the end of June
  • Deliverable - A 5-10-page proposal that would include the work of a literature review such that the Background section of a proposal can be written, a hypothesis-driven or problem-driven rationale for the research project or creative activity
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