Workshops

As part of our mission, The Institute for Child Development & Family Relations sponsors seminars to support the professional development of research faculty and grant related training

Upcoming Seminars & Workshops

Title of Seminars	Presentor	Date	Registration
Hierarchical Linear Modeling	Dr. Jennifer Krull	9/8-9/12/2009	Begins Summer 2009
Writing Workshop	TBD	TBD	Begins Summer/Fall 2009

Past Seminars & Workshops

 

Title of Seminars	Presentor	Date	Related Material
Grant Writing: Let's Get Started!	Dale Lund	05/20/2009	n/a
Intro to GIS and Web Mapping	Rajrani Kalra	05/28/2009	n/a
Faculty Workshop: Introduction & Review of Applied Statistical Topics	Matt Riggs	10/17/08 & 10/24/08	n/a
Emotional Development and Attachment in Very Young Children	Dr. Laura Kamptner Dr. Sybil Carrère	9/5-9/6/07	Emotional Development and Attachment in very young children Presentation
Developmental Implications of Childhood Poverty	Dr. Sybil Carrère	9/5-9/6/07	Development Implications of Childhood poverty Presentation
Structural Equations Modeling	Dr. Jodie Ullman	9/11-9/13/07	n/a

Online Training Resources:

• NIH Scientific Review Procedures:
  • Inside the NIH Review Process Center for Scientific Review - Written Overview and Diagram describing NIH Review Process
  • NIH Peer Review Policies and Procedures
  • Glossary of Terms from Review Process
• Scientific Peer Review Presentation
  An overview in Power Point of how scientific peer review is carried out at NIH that focuses on how understanding the peer review process can enhance an applicant's chances of obtaining funding.
• Grant Writing for Success : Power Point presentation that provides an overview of factors that contribute to applications that succeed in obtaining research funding. This presentation covers the fundamental principles of successful grant writing, including: the most common reasons that grant applications fail, how to make an application "reviewer friendly," and how to meet the needs of the reviewers and the funding agency.
• The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions.
  Writing for committee competition is an art quite different from research work itself. After long deliberation, a committee usually has to choose among proposals that all possess the three virtues mentioned above. Other things being equal, the proposal that is awarded funding is the one that gets its merits across more forcefully because it addresses these unspoken needs and norms as well as the overt rules. The purpose of these pages is to give competitors for Council fellowships and funding a more even start by making explicit some of those normally unspoken customs and needs.
• The Grantsmanship Center: The Grantsmanship Center is a fundraising, training and information center providing workshops, seminars, publications and foundation information
  

Literature available from Pfau Library:

• Getting funded : a complete guide to proposal writing Hall, Mary S. Portland, Or. : Continuing Education Publications, Portland State University, c1988.   CALL Number: LB2825 .H223 1988
• National guide to funding for children, youth and families / edited by Elizabeth H. Rich ; contributing editors, Jeffrey A. Falkenstein, Rebecca MacLean & Michael N. Tuller.  New York : Foundation Center, c1997.   CALL Number: HV741 .N3164 1997
• Applying for research funding : getting started and getting funded Ries, Joanne B. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.   CALL Number: HG177 .R53 1995
• Grants, etc. Lauffer, Armand. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.   CALL Number: HG177 .L375 1997