Professional Development

Research Development Services in the Division of Research offers multiple types of professional development opportunities including seminars, workshops and presentations (hour, half day, full day). We also offer NIH, NSF and NSF CAREER proposal writing/feedback groups facilitated by RDS staff or an external consultant. Topics can be designed for a department’s or college’s specific needs.

Professional Development Opportunities

• 2017-18  - Click here to see a current list of upcoming events in chronological order.

Junior Faculty

Junior Faculty Proposal Writing Academy  NEW!
Jim Izat, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer 
Laurie Garton, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer (TEES)

In partnership with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) this eight-month professional development series includes:

• Writing Successful Proposals (Junior Faculty), Oct. 4
• NSF Broader Impacts, Nov. 8
• 2018 NSF CAREER and Other Young Investigators Programs, Feb. 22
• NSF CAREER Writing Groups Inaugural Meeting, March 7
• Introduction to NIH Proposal Writing, Coming Spring 2018!
• NSF CAREER Mock Review Session and Workshop, TBA

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

John Ivy, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer
Christina Papke, Ph.D., Research Development Officer

• NIH Proposal Writing and Feedback Groups, Fall 2017  NEW!
• NIH Specific Aims Writing Clinic, Fall 2017  NEW!
• Write Winning NIH and NSF Grant Proposals Seminar, * Sep. 21-22
• 2018 NIH and NSF Grant Proposal Writing Program,* Six-month Program
• Inside NIH Peer Review Workshop, Spring Semester TBA

*With GWSW consultant.   
 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Jim Izat, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer

• Write Winning NIH and NSF Grant Proposals Seminar,* Sep. 21-22
  [Not for NSF CAREER] NEW for NSF!
• Demystifying the NSF: NSF Funding Opportunities, Proposal Preparation, and Review Process, Oct. 3 and March 28
• 2018 NIH and NSF Grant Proposal Writing Program,* Six-month Program NEW for NSF!
• NSF Broader Impacts (All Faculty), April 11

*With GWSW consultant.

Texas A&M Internal Research Seed Grant Programs

Jim Izat, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer

• PESCA Writer’s Workshop, Sep. 7 and Oct. 11
• Arts & Humanities Fellows Program Proposal Writer’s Workshop, Nov. 1 and Nov. 30

Texas A&M International Research Grant Programs

Monica Bruno Holder, M.S., International Programs Coordinator

• Informational Meeting: An Introduction to the Texas A&M-FAPESP Research Program, Sep. 6  NEW!
• CONACYT Writer’s Workshop, Sep. 14

General Grantsmanship

Jim Izat, Ph.D., Senior Research Development Officer

• Writing Successful Proposals (All Faculty), Oct. 18, and March 1
  
  

Other Agencies

Jorja Kimball, Ph.D., Regents Fellow and Executive Director

General Inquiries

Shannon Prescott, Senior Administrative Coordinator