Archive

Below are links to recordings of past proposal and professional development trainings, workshops and opportunities offered by the Office of Research Development (ORD).

Please visit our collection of presentation slides which corresponds to the recordings.

Spring 2026

• Internal Funding: Internal Seed Grants and Researchers and Scholars Investment (RSI) Fund

Fall 2025

• Discover Research, Find Funding, and Identify Collaborators with Dimensions
• Introduction to GrantForward
• Navigating the New Horizon: Research Strategies in a Changing Federal Landscape series
  • Understanding Federal Policy Shifts and Their Impact on Academia
  • Beyond the Usual Suspects: Building Funding Resilience through Foundations and Industry
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) in Transition: What's Ahead for Science, Technology, and STEM Education
  • The Future of Health Research: Navigating a Changing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Landscape
• ORD-Sponsored Funding - Fall 2025 - Information Session

Spring 2025

• Connecting with Industry Partners through Halo and UML Advancement
• Dream Team: How to Build and Manage a Successful Team
• Grant Proposal Development Workshop (Part 1)
  • 1.1 Grant Writing Essentials: Getting Started
  • 1.2 Grant Writing Essentials: Preparing to Submit a Proposal
• GrantForward Training for UMass Lowell
• How to Create a UMass Lowell (UML) Research Center
• Introduction to the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
• ORD-Sponsored Funding - Spring 2025 - Information Session
• Pursuing Equipment Funding
• Pursuing Large Funding Opportunities

Fall 2024

• Career Mapping for Assistant Professors - Part 1
• Career Mapping for Assistant Professors - Part 2
• From Politics to Request for Proposals (RFPs): Introduction to Federal Research Funding
• GrantForward Training for UMass Lowell
• GrantForward Training for UMass Lowell Postdocs and Students
• Introduction to the Office of Research and Innovation
• ORD-Sponsored Funding - Fall 2024 – Information Session

Summer 2024

• Grant Proposal Development Workshop Series
  • 1.1 Grant Writing Essentials
  • 1.3 Budgeting Basics with the Office of Sponsored Programs
  • 1.4 From First Page to Funded: Making a Plan for Proposal Development
  • 2.1 Proposal Narratives
  • 2.2a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Supplementary Documents

Spring 2024

• E-Bite: Pursue Funding to Bring New Equipment to Campus
• Preparing a Competitive Graduate Fellowship Application
• NSF CAREER Series
  • Session 1: Introduction to the CAREER Award
  • Session 2: Finding Education and Community Partners

Fall 2023

• Grant Proposal Development Workshop
  • Proposal Narratives and Budgets
  • Supplementary Documents