OGRD Workshops

February 2024 

Title: Are You My Funding Opportunity? How to Identify Grant “Fit-Ness”: An OGRD Workshop

Date and Time: February 21, 2024 at 1-1:50 p.m.

Location: Faculty Commons

About: Join the Office of Grant and Proposal Development (OGRD) in its first 2024 workshop to learn about the entire “cradle-to-grave” grant experience to help determine the best fit between yourself and funding opportunities. This an excellent workshop for all PIs and potential PIs, seeing that OGRD has recently undergone significant changes. The workshop serves as an excellent introduction to the grant process for new faculty/staff who may not have applied or helped manage a grant before.

Pre-register here: https://forms.gle/fVwjEZmZpU83xLhn8


March 2024 

Title: How to Pitch Your Idea to a Grant Funder: An OGRD Workshop

Date and time: March 6, 2024 at 1-1:50 p.m.

Location: Faculty Commons

About: It’s all so exciting. You have finally found a funding opportunity, the dollar signs are looking real fine, but now what? This workshop will teach you how to read solicitations in depth, learn what to look for, and doubly determine it is a good fit. Additionally, we will discuss the intentions of requests for proposals (RFPs), how to determine your audience for your proposal, what to do when you have questions of the solicitation, and when to start working on a proposal.

Pre-register here: https://forms.gle/T5D5Q9ErDnGLWXFz9


Title: How to Read a Solicitation (St. Patrick’s Scavenger Hunt): An OGRD Workshop

Date and time: March 15, 2024  at 11-11:50 a.m.

Location: Meet in front of the PUB

About: In an active scavenger hunt that finishes at the “end of the rainbow,” deepen your skills to glean all the necessary information from a solicitation to write an excellent grant proposal. Prizes and refreshments will be provided at the end of the rainbow (the end of the scavenger hunt).

People with all physical disabilities are encouraged to participate. Wear proper outdoor gear. The scavenger hunt will be completed in small teams—if you wish to sign up as a team of 2-4, please note this in the pre-registration. If you wish to sign up as an individual, we will create a team for you.

Pre-register here: https://forms.gle/9j8nBRdcPGoRcWLz7­­­­­­­­


April 2024 

Title: Overview of the IRB Process: From Application to Approval

Date and time: April 10 at 12 - 12:50 p.m.

Location: Spokane Campus and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)

About: Join Dr. Heidi Hillman, IRB Chair, who will explain the IRB process, the importance of IRB, and how it fits in with your research. This is a good workshop for anyone who plans to conduct human subjects research. Pre-registration is preferred, but not mandatory.

Teacher: Heidi Hillman

Pre-registration link: https://forms.gle/Dr2qt6qd195vdGSw8