Researchers interested in learning more or considering submitting proposals to the Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (PIRI) are encouraged to attend this session, hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research. Associate vice presidents for research Jim Reecy and Surya Mallapragada will be available to share their perspectives and answer your questions. Please feel free to bring and eat your lunch of choice during this session! An Outlook invitation will be sent confirming location after your registration is received.   Registration [...] Read Moreabout PIRI Lunch & Learn

The NSF CAREER Award is one of the most important and prestigious grants an early-career faculty member can receive. While all NSF grants (including the CAREER Award) are evaluated on intellectual merit and broader impacts, CAREER Awards also have a unique requirement to present an investigator education plan. This workshop will focus on strategies for developing a competitive NSF CAREER Award, with emphasis on the broader impacts and education plan.   Registration [...] Read Moreabout NSF CAREER Workshop

Most researchers are comfortable thinking about and discussing their research identity — who they are as researchers and what contributions they hope to make to their discipline through their research over the course of their careers. It is far less common, however, for researchers to think about their impact identity — the lasting impacts they aspire to have on their community and on society, as a whole, through their broader impacts work.   This interactive workshop will introduce the concept of a broader impacts identity and walk investigators through a process for starting to define BI identity. While any researcher is likely to benefit from this workshop, it is particularly relevant to early-career researchers (as well as to broader impacts [...] Read Moreabout Broader Impact Identity