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November
20
2025

Tips for Writing the NSF Project Description

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

Participants in this webinar will learn about the required elements of the NSF Project Description as well as recommended frameworks for organizing this document. This webinar will provide guidance for writing a standard or “core” proposal to NSF. Save the date and register today Register to Attend

November
18
2025

Research Data Storage Day

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Digital Scholarship Lab, MSU Library @ West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI, USA

Research data storage has become increasingly complex over the years, encompassing sharing requirements, data curation, reproducibility, and information security. Join us for a working session to discuss how we can improve support for the full research data lifecycle at MSU. Meeting information: In-person, Digital Scholarship Lab, MSU Library, November 18 from 3-5PM Register here!

November
18
2025

Broader Impacts Writing Retreat, Fall 2025

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center @ 219 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

Attention: Faculty, Research and Academic Staff, Postdocs, and Graduate Students November 18, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Kellogg Center Spend a full day with MSU’s broader impacts consultants away from your everyday responsibilities working on the broader impacts (BI) plan for your next NSF proposal. We will start at 10 a.m. with a […]

November
18
2025

Creating and Sustaining a Respectful Work Environment Series: Navigating Conflict and Power Dynamics

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 9:00am - 11:00am
MSU Library @ 366 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA, Room W207

Presenters: Shannon Lynn Burton, University Ombudsperson Kathie Elliott, Senior Learning and Organization Development Specialist, Organization and Professional Development, MSU Human Resources Jade Richards, Dialogues Coordinator, Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Francisco Villarruel, Faculty Grievance Official Conflict is an inevitable part of human interactions, yet many of us try and avoid situations where conflict is present. Learning […]

November
14
2025

Leadership Institute – Faculty and Academic Staff Performance Reviews

Friday, November 14, 2025, 9:00am - 10:30am
Zoom

Description Each year, the Leadership Institute series offers academic administrators the opportunity to interact with their peers around key topics. This series of 90-minute sessions are designed to expand upon themes introduced at New Administrator Orientation. These sessions are required for department chairpersons, school directors, and associate deans of non-departmentally organized colleges within the first […]

November
13
2025

Tips for Writing a Compelling NSF Project Summary

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

The Project Summary is one of the most important parts of every NSF grant proposal. A clear and concise Project Summary will succinctly convey the scope, intellectual merit, and broader impacts of your project to make a positive first impression on reviewers and program officers. However, writing a strong Project Summary can be deceptively hard. […]

November
10
2025

Community-Engaged learning in the Classroom: Rubrics, Reflections, and Resources

Monday, November 10, 2025, 1:30pm - 1:30pm
Zoom (UOE)

ATTENTION: Faculty, academic staff, and instructors, new or experienced with community-engaged learning This session will discuss creative examples, strategies for grading, and best practices for leading students to reflect upon and make meaning of their community-engaged learning experiences. Hear from faculty peers, dialogue with colleagues, and leave with new ideas to enhance student learning and […]

November
7
2025

NIH Specific Aims Peer Review Workshop, Day 2

Friday, Novemver 7 - Saturday, November 8, 2025 - Times to be determined
Zoom (VPRI)

Participants in this workshop will receive feedback from peers and MSU Research Development Specialists to help them revise a draft of their Specific Aims page. Participants will be placed in groups of three and will both give and receive feedback to improve their Specific Aims page with two other participants in the workshop, as well […]

October
31
2025

NIH Specific Aims Peer Review Workshop, Day 1

Friday, October 31 - Saturday, November 1, 2025 - Times to be determined
Zoom (VPRI)

Participants in this workshop will receive feedback from peers and MSU Research Development Specialists to help them revise a draft of their Specific Aims page. Participants will be placed in groups of three and will both give and receive feedback to improve their Specific Aims page with two other participants in the workshop, as well […]

October
30
2025

Creating and Sustaining a Respectful Work Environment Series – Setting the Tone: An Introduction to Changing Climate & Culture

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:00am - 11:00am
MSU Library @ 366 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA, Room W207

This series of workshops is intended for leaders (executive managers, deans, directors, chairs, and supervisors, level 12-17) from across the University to work together to improve the current climate and culture in their units and across the greater campus community. This series is a collaboration between the Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, Human […]