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Event Category: MSU Partner Event

October
2
2025

Introduction to NIH and Planning a Successful Proposal

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

This webinar will provide an overview of the structure of the NIH and several funding mechanisms. Attendees will learn tips for planning a successful NIH proposal, including how to search the RePORTER website, identify an optimal institute and study section, and prepare to meet with a Program Officer. This webinar will be presented by Lauren Aerni-Flessner, […]

September
18
2025

Applying for Foundation Funding: Learn from Success Stories

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join your colleagues for a panel discussion about how to secure private foundation funding. The discussion will focus on how private foundations work, what they fund, and best practices for securing funding. MSU faculty will share their successful experiences applying for foundation funding and discuss how the process differs from applying for federal grants. Participants […]

September
16
2025

Lightning Talks – Research Support Services at MSU

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

Join your colleagues for insightful talks about research support services available at MSU. This session will highlight units assisting researchers throughout their life cycle. This event is brought to you by the Research Facilitation Network. The RFN is an alliance of research service providers and facilitators who are conducting research or supporting research computing and […]

September
16
2025

Mapping Your Research Impacts: Articulating your Research Impact Identity and Pathways to Research Impacts

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

Researchers are more effective in accomplishing the intended societal impacts of their research when they have taken the time to consider their impact identity, their impact goals, and their pathways to societal impacts. Come to this hands-on workshop to develop your impact identity, research impact goals, and pathways for achieving societal impacts for your next […]

September
16
2025

NCFDD Virtual Writing Session

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00- 11:00 am

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Join us for your daily writing session! We will provide a brief introduction, we’ll write for 30 minutes, and we’ll close out with reflections. What counts as writing? Drafting a manuscript “counts,” but […]

September
12
2025

NCFDD The Weekly Meeting

Friday, September 12, 2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Join us for our weekly planning meeting! Together on Zoom and using our strategic plans, we will wrap up the week and plan the next one. We’ll look ahead to make sure that […]

September
12
2025

First Great Lakes Plant Science Conference

Friday, September 12 - Sunday, September 14, 2025
Tags: Faculty

This conference will bring together plant scientists and students to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. This conference is organized by 10 universities in the states and provinces around the Great Lakes and open to anyone in the world. September 12 – 14, 2025 For more […]

September
11
2025

Finding Funding to Support Your Research and Creative Pursuits

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Zoom (VPRI)

This webinar will focus on strategies to find funding to support your research and creative pursuits, and MSU resources that are available to help you identify grant funding opportunities. Campus experts will discuss foundation funding opportunities, strategies for identifying federal funding opportunities, leveraging the MSU Scholars and the Foundation Directory Online Professional databases to search […]

September
11
2025

NCFDD: SKILL #8: Overcoming Academic Perfectionism

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Do you struggle to share your writing at the early stages because it’s not perfect? Do you find yourself devastated by criticism of your work? Do you beat yourself up every time the […]