To help increase accessibility of ORSP's training opportunities, below are recordings of webinars and instructional videos to access 24/7. As always, our goal is to provide the research community with the tools necessary to maintain a high level of quality, integrity, and compliance in all areas of sponsored research administration.

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Kuali

Coming Soon!

Pivot

Setting Up Your Account and Profile in Pivot-RP page (coming soon)

Advanced Searching for Funding Opportunities

Navigating Funding Search Results

 

Intro to Grant Writing and Finding Funding for Graduate Students - February 2024

Are you a graduate student interested in exploring potential funding for you and your work, but don't know where to start looking? And then what -- how do you even write a grant? This workshop will help you find the answers to these questions.

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Introduction to NIH Submissions - September 2023

A workshop on how to submit a proposal to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  We will go over the following key topics:

Overview of grants.gov

  • Accessing your era commons account
  • Submitting the application package/use of Kuali
  • The general parts of an NIH submission
  • How to find past awardees
  • What ORSP can do to assist in your submission preparation

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Introduction to NSF Submissions - October 2023

A workshop on how to submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF). We will go over the following key topics:

• Overview of Research.gov

• Preparing the application package/use of Kuali

• The general parts of an NSF submission

• How to find past awardees

• What ORSP can do to assist in your submission preparation

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Finding Funding-Maximizing Your Use of Pivot - October 2023

Learn how to best use Pivot to find support for your project.  We will walk through several components of Pivot, including:

  • How to set up your account and claim your profile
  • How to create and save searches, track opportunities, and share results 
  • How to use Pivot to also find conferences to attend related to your work, potential collaborators, and awarded projects

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Team Science - September 2020

 

This webinar presented by Hanover Research to help you learn more about Team Science and how you and your projects can benefit from the use of a team model.

  • What is it?
  • How is it different than collaboration?
  • And how do you best incorporate a team model into your project development and pursuit of funding?

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Data Management Plans-Guidance for MU Researchers - April 2024

An interactive training session presented by the Raynor Library, IT and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to learn about the importance of a data management plan (DMP) and why DMPs are becoming a requirement for more funders. Some of the topics to be covered in the webinar include:

  • Why create a DMP
  • Components of a DMP
  • Funder requirements for including DMPs in project proposals, including NIH requirements
  • Resources to assist in developing DMPs

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What’s New in Research – March 2024

A webinar to learn more about what's new in the world of research and applying for grant funding.  Webinar covers updates related to:

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • National Institute for Health (NIH)
  • SciENcv
  • DMPTool
  • ORSP website resources

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Equipment Forum - Funding Opportunities & Considerations - March 2023

A webinar to learn more about what's involved with considering an equipment purchase for your project, and what to think about when submitting a grant proposal in support of it. Topics covered include:

  • Things to think about with the purchase of equipment
  • Potential opportunities to fund research equipment
  • How can ORSP staff can help

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