RCA Events
The RCA Office is committed to providing training opportunities across various disciplines, access to experts through learning opportuntities, and special events.
All NDSU faculty researchers are welcome to attend RCA trainings and events. Staff and students are also welcome when indicated.
Reignite, Reimagine, Reinvent (R3) Your Research Summer Program
An opportunity to work with writing consultant and peers this summer
Apply to be considered for a cohort of up to 10 faculty for this 6-week program, which will feature access to a virtual facilitator Sandrine Sanos, Ph.D. and local writing consultant Scarlett Gray Bernard.
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. The peer-support writing curriculum will include the work of a literature review such that the background section of a proposal can be written with a hypothesis-driven or problem-driven rationale for the research project or creative activity.
- Eligibility: tenured faculty
- Thursday afternoons beginning May 22 through June 26
(sessions will be recorded and faculty will have access to a Teams drive with the curriculum support material)
UPDATED DEADLINE TO APPLY: April 25, 5:00pm CST
Mastering the NIH R Series Bootamp
Join the next Bootcamp and learn how to become a more competitive grantwriter. If you haven't attended one before, Bootcamp is a live Zoom call training event designed for those preparing to write an NIH submission for the fall deadlines or later, and for the people who advise them. Bootcamp is presented by the Bouvier Group and is offered at no charge to NDSU personnel.
The Bootcamp will span four Thursdays: June 10, 17, 24, and July 1. Each two-hour session will kick off at 1:00 PM CT, giving you a focused dose of grantwriting expertise every week.
- June 10: Preparation
- June 17: Specific Aims
- June 24: Significance & Innovation
- July 1: Approach
Time: 1:00 PM Central
Duration: About 2 hours per session, including Q & A
Key Takeaways: At the end of the training, you will:
- Identify and employ crucial steps to prepare to write
- Acquire key information about effective NIH writing strategies
- Apply those strategies as you write and revise a draft of your submission
- Utilize your skills to critique the work of others, which will lead to sharpening of your own skills
- Develop better grantwriting skills that will carry forward on all submissions, whether to NIH or other funding agencies
Can't make a session? The entire series is recorded, so feel free to register for the event and then catch up on your own time later.
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