Training Opportunities

PI Trainings

Check out these training resources created for our Faculty, Principle Investigators (PIs), and Researchers for Sponsored Proposals and Awards.

PI and Faculty Focused Sessions Playlist

SciENcv Demo

Award Lifecycle Workshop Part 1: Proposal Development 2024

Award Lifecycle Workshop Part 2: Proposal Development 2024

Award Lifecycle Workshop Part 3: Award Receipt and Negotiation

Award Lifecycle Workshop Part 4: Award Management

NSF Training Grants for PI

SciENcv Demonstration
A demonstration of SciENcv to create a biosketch for NIH. SciENcv is a helpful tool for creating senior personnel documents needed for proposal submission, but its use is also required for sponsors like NSF and NIH. Prof. Mark Zabel from MIP will lead you through this demo and provide some helpful tips and tricks.
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Session 1: Proposal Development
Discover the first step in the Award Lifecycle, Sponsored Project Proposal Development with your campus partners. Representatives from the Research Acceleration Office (RAO), the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), and CSU Department Research Administrators join this workshop to address proposal elements. Early Career Faculty will learn Who? What? When? and Why? of identifying and applying for sponsored awards. Each step of the process utilizes the Award Lifecycle as a guide.
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Session 2: Proposal Review and Submission
Moving down the road in our Award lifecycle series to Proposal Review and Submission with the Office of Sponsored Programs. Early Career Faculty will learn Who? What? When? and Why? successfully apply for sponsored awards. Each step of the process utilizes the Award Lifecycle as a guide. This virtual session is intended for newer career faculty, research scientists, post-docs, and research associates working in sponsored projects including research, instruction, fellowships, etc.
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Session 3: Award Receipt and Negotiation
The Sponsored Project Award Receipt and Negotiation workshop is the next step in the Award lifecycle series. You will learn essential strategies to get your newly awarded project and subaward(s) through the required CSU processes, from negotiation and account creation to starting work. Take the next step towards reaching your research goals.
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Session 4: Award Management
The Sponsored Project Award Management workshop is the last step in the award lifecycle series. Learn how to manage your sponsored award’s administrative and financial components using the required CSU processes. This session equips you with the knowledge and understanding needed to deal with changes, report necessary information accurately, be a good steward of project funds, and strategically align yourself for future projects.
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