Fall 2020 ORDE e-Seminar Schedule

I'm happy to announce ORDE's fall e-Seminar schedule. Faculty at our CU Denver /Anschutz Medical Campuses as well as our affiliates can register here: https://research.ucdenver.edu/research-development-and-education/home/faculty-seminars-and-events/faculty-seminar-registration. For others, these will be posted on our Vimeo site the day after the presentation, so you'll be able to find them there.

ORDE Faculty Seminars Fall 2020

Grant Writing e-Symposium

The Grant Writing Symposium this year will be completely online and will consist of the three parts below. Each piece will be offered separately, approximately a week apart. Participants from both campuses and our affiliates can sign up for any or all of the e-symposium components.

 e-Seminar: The Grant Development Process

September 23, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Expert: Chris Phiel, Associate Professor, Integrative Biology

This e-seminar will orient participants to the grant development process, from researching the grant-making agency, through working with Program Officers, and writing the grant proposal. A faculty expert will discuss their own process for developing successful grant proposals.

e-Seminar: What Reviewers Want

September 30, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Expert: Jeff Stansbury, Professor, School of Dentistry

This e-seminar will discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses of grant proposals from the reviewer perspective. A seasoned reviewer, will discuss their experience as a reviewer and offer advice to PIs on how to craft proposals with the reviewer in mind.

 e-Workshop: Honing Your Grant Writing

October 7, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Experts: Naomi Nishi, Associate Director for Educational Outreach, ORDE

For this e-workshop, participants will attend an online mini-seminar to receive instruction on grant-writing tips and strategies. They will then use a provided grant-writing checklist to revise a Specific Aims page or Project Overview. Following their revisions, participants will submit their revised project overview to Naomi and receive additional feedback via email.

ORS/ORDE Orientation (Denver only)

October 6, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Speakers: Bob Damrauer, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research; Michael Jenson, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research; Lynette Michael, Director, ORDE; Naomi Nishi, Associate Director, ORDE; Stefan Reiss, Senior Research Development Analyst; Rachel Sturtz, Research Communications Specialist

In this e-Seminar, ORS and ORDE staff will describe the services and opportunities available to Denver research faculty, walking them through who to contact for what and when as they conduct research. This will target new research faculty on the Denver campus, but will also be open to other early career Denver faculty who want to better understand what’s available to them through ORS and ORDE.

NIH Review Process

October 14, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Experts: Michael Schurr, Associate Professor, School of Medicine

This e-Seminar will walk through the NIH review process, offering tips on selecting the right study section and institute. A seasoned reviewer will talk about their experience in the study section, in terms of process and what happens “in the room where it happens.”

Know Your Agency: PCORI

November 2, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Experts: John Corboy, Professor, Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

In this e-seminar, a seasoned PI, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), will discuss PCORI’s priorities, and offer insight into how to work with PCORI and how to develop a competitive application for PCORI.

Tips on Developing Your K

November 9, 2020 / 12:00 – 1:00

Faculty Expert: Elena Hsieh, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine

This e-Seminar will offer an overview of the NIH K mechanism and feature an interview with a recent K awardee to get at their experience, along with tips and potential pitfalls in developing this unique grant application.