Refreshments will be provided at all workshops.
DECEMBER 2024
Title: AI Tools for Research and Grant Writing: EWU Policies and Practical Techniques
About: This workshop will cover EWU’s AI policies and the tools available to faculty and staff, including Google Gemini and Microsoft Co-pilot. We will provide a hands-on walkthrough of setup and an overview of techniques for using AI in grant writing and research, focusing on basic prompting and integrating AI into daily workflows. Whether you’re new to AI or looking to improve your skills, this session will give you practical, easy-to-follow steps to get started. We are particularly interested in having one representative from each department/unit to share what you learn in this workshop with your colleagues. If you are interested in being that representative, please contact Jessica Doner: jdoner@ewu.edu.
Date and time: December 9, Noon-1 p.m.
Location: Faculty Commons and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)
Teacher: Jessica Doner, Brad Christ
JANUARY 2025
Title: Grants 101
About: This workshop serves as an excellent introduction to the grant process for all faculty/staff who may not have applied or helped manage a grant before. Come learn about the entire “cradle-to-grave” grant experience with OGRD.
Date and time: January 30, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Location: Faculty Commons and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)
Teacher: OGRD Staff
FEBRUARY 2025
Title: Are You My Funding Opportunity? How to Identify Grant “Fit-Ness”
About: It’s all so exciting. You have finally found a funding opportunity, the dollar signs are looking real fine, but now what? This workshop will teach you how to read solicitations in depth, learn what to look for, and doubly determine it is a good fit. Additionally, we will discuss the intentions of requests for proposals (RFPs), how to determine your audience for your proposal, what to do when you have questions of the solicitation, and when to start working on a proposal.
Date and time: February 20, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Location: Faculty Commons and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)
Teacher: Anna Frost
Pre-registration recommended: https://forms.gle/CfFLbUiwKAubK7aJ9
MARCH 2025
Title: Crafting a Complete Logic Model in the Proposal Narrative
About: The development of a logic model is one of the most essential components of a proposal, yet one of the most under-utilized. In this workshop, you will learn what a logic model is, benefits a logic model brings to your proposal, and how to craft one.
Date and time: March 18, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Location: Faculty Commons and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)
Teacher: Anna Frost
APRIL 2025
Title: Compliance at EWU
About: In this workshop, we will discuss all matters of compliance, including what it is, who it affects, and how it may show up in your research and grants.
Date and time: April 17, Noon-12:50 p.m.
Location: Faculty Commons and Zoom (https://ewu.zoom.us/j/946-8336002)
Teacher: OGRD Staff
