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  • NEH Summer Institute

    Zoom

    Why Bioengineering Needs the Humanities: Perspectives from a 2023 NEH Summer Institute on Our SHARED Future: Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Research Ethics, and Deliberation John Muthyala – Professor of English, USM Registration is required.

  • DEI in Research

    Zoom

    Discussion of DEI in research with a faculty panel, including how DEI can be successfully integrated into your research program. Presenters: Ned Rubert-Nason (Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UMFK) and Beth Campbell (Maine EPSCoR Outreach and Program Manager) Registration is required.

  • Project Management Strategies

    Zoom

    Learn how work plans and Gantt charts can be utilized for research project management. Presenters: Sue Ishaq (Assistant Professor of Veterinary Sciences), Rachel Schattman (Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture), and Peter Drown (Senior Operations Manager, ASCC) Registration is required.

  • Wearable Robotics for Gait Training NSF Career/NIH

    Zoom

    “Wearable Robotics for Gait Training” NSF Career/NIH Babak Hejrati – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Dynamics and Controls, UMaine Registration is required. Babak Hejrati, director of the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Laboratory in the University of Maine Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received a more than $432,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of […]

  • Writing an NSF IUSE Proposal

    Zoom

    Writing an NSF IUSE Proposal Presenters: MacKenzie Stetzer (Associate Professor of Physics) Registration is required. MacKenzie Stetzer will share information about his NSF-Improving Undergraduate STEM Education award aimed to provide Faculty Learning Community opportunities for faculty of first-year STEM courses to better understand/support students’ transition from high school to college.

  • UMS Tourism, Hospitality, and Outdoor Recreation (THOR) Initiative

    Zoom

    UMS Tourism, Hospitality, and Outdoor Recreation (THOR) Initiative Tracy Michaud- Associate Professor of Tourism and Hospitality, USM Karen Beeftink– Associate Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management, UMM Registration is required. Faculty on the campuses of the University of Maine System (UMS) are building a partnership to create new education and training pathways to bolster Maine’s largest industry: Tourism, […]

  • Research Impacts and Altmetrics

    Zoom

    Research Impacts/Altmetrics Presenters: Kelley Strout-Director, Associate Professor of Nursing, Jen Bonnet- ORD Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects) Registration is required. Presenters will share strategies on measuring and disseminating research impacts; including altmetrics- the use of alternative, or nontraditional, measurements to better understand the extent of a work's scholarly impact. 

  • NSF-EPIIC (Enhancing Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity)

    “A small campus story: building biology research infrastructure and innovation capacity at UMF" NSF-EPIIC (Enhancing Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity) Tim Breton– Associate Professor of Biology, UMF Registration is required.

  • Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics

    Zoom

    Join Fogler Library and the Office of Research Development for Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics This workshop will be held online via Zoom. At this workshop, participants will: search for grants in PIVOT, analyze an agency’s Request for Proposals, and learn Grant Writing Basics. Anyone is welcome to attend – this program may […]

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