| | | You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in Research Development activities in the past. Please share widely. | | | | Funding Focus is a weekly digest highlighting limited submission opportunities available to the University of Iowa community. Sent every Wednesday, the newsletter features the latest competitions posted in InfoReady.
Faculty and staff on the RDO mailing list will be automatically subscribed in the coming days. Once added, you will receive a separate email asking you to confirm your subscription. Because Funding Focus is our main channel for sharing new limited submission announcements, we encourage you to complete the confirmation to stay up to date on these funding opportunities. | | | Should you focus your grant efforts on one funding agency or diversify across many? This in-person panel will take place on Tuesday, April 28 from 2:30pm-3:30pm in the University Capitol Centre and will bring senior researchers together to explore the strategic trade-offs between depth and breadth in research funding, drawing on real experiences across career stages and disciplines. Participants will leave with practical insights to help align their funding strategies with their research goals, risk tolerance, and long-term trajectories.
Panelists and Moderator
- David Schwebel (Moderator, Vice President for Research)
- Aliasger Salem (Associate Vice President for Research; Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Hans-Joachim Lehmler (Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health; Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health)
- Robert Piper (Associate Dean for Research, Carver College of Medicine; Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
- H.S. Udaykumar (Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering; Roy J. Carver Professor of Engineering and Professor, Mechanical Engineering)
Register here by today, April 27. | | | | Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us either virtually or in-person to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research, as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.
- Wednesday, May 20 from 11am-12pm
(in-person; Hardin Library)
- Thursday, June 18 from 2pm-3pm
(virtual; Zoom)
Register here for any of these monthly sessions to learn more about Pivot.
| | | The Improving Scholarly Communications Series sessions are a three-part series designed to provide you strategies to improve the clarity of your scholarly communications, both written and oral. These workshops are hosted by Paul Casella (Academic/Scientific Editorial Manager; Office of Faculty Affairs and Development) and will take place throughout Summer 2026. All sessions will be hosted in the University Capitol Centre. See the series webpage for additional details and descriptions of each session.
- Writing for Publication - Friday, June 12 from 11am-12pm
- Writing Effective NIH Grant Applications - Friday, June 26 from 11am-12pm
- Speaking for Success: Strategies for Effective Medical and Scientific Presentations - Friday, July 10 from 11am-12pm
Register here for one or more sessions of the series. | | | | The RDO is pleased to partner with Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) to conduct the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar that will be held on Thursday, October 15 at 8:30am-4:30pm in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU). In-person and virtual options are available. Registration fee is $200 and includes seminar, workbook, supplemental materials, and lunch. Some colleges are sponsoring a certain number of spots on a first-come, first-served basis and for those who meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship. The seminar is a pre-requisite to the intensive workshop that is scheduled for January 11-12, 2027. See the webpage for more details.
Seminar Registration: Register here by Monday, September 30.
Workshop Registration: Register here by Thursday, October 22. | | | | The RDO assists University of Iowa faculty with preparing more ambitious, collaborative, and successful proposals. To assist faculty in submitting proposals that are more successful, the RDO facilitates external reviews for proposals to external funding agencies. External review of proposals prior to submission will provide critical feedback in order to strengthen the proposal and improve the overall likelihood of success.
View the guidelines for receiving an external review. | | | Are you curious about how to structure your proposal to a certain funding agency? Check out the Resource Library to see examples of successful proposals to various funding agencies and for inspiration while drafting your proposal.
View the Resource Library. Note: HawkID authentication required | | | | Networking surveys create a directory to help identify potential collaborators for your ideas and projects. The following topics are currently represented: 1) Aging Health, 2) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, 3) Climate Change/Sustainability, 4) COVID-19, 5) E-Cigarettes/Vaping, 6) Global Health, 7) Human-Technology Interface, 8) Mental Health, 9) Microfabrication/Nanofabrication, 10) Opioids, 11) Telehealth as well as networking surveys related to connections for the OVPR Large Grant Development Opportunity, which includes three networking surveys structured for the UI strategic initatives Brain Science and Mental Health, Cancer Research and Patient Care, and Writing and Communication.
Complete the surveys and see the results here. Note: HawkID authentication required. | | | View the recordings presented by the training team from the NSF-supported Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) organization. The ARIS team conducted interactive virtual workshops that offered valuable insights and strategies to strengthen the impact of research in society.
View the recordings here. Note: HawkID authentication required. Please do not share recordings outside the University of Iowa. | | | |
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