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): 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 2025 Opportunity!

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

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

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.