External Research Resources
To expand the capacity to support faculty research development, the Office of Research and Innovation has partnered with external organizations to provide access to on-demand resources and training.
Hanover Research
Hanover's Grants Learning Center offers self-paced training including skill-building on topics like concept development and resubmission, and tailored tutorials on the NSF CAREER and NIH R-series grants. For an access code, email Eleanor Nelsen; enelsen@vt.edu
Their extensive webinar series is also available to Virginia Tech users. We've collected the ones we think may be of particular interest: Hanover Webinars
You can also register to receive their weekly Grants Alert emails and monthly webinar invitations.
HigherEd+
Video tutorials are available as Canvas courses:
- Best practices in open science
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Edited books: Write a proposal; build a team and manage logistics; write a chapter.
- Grant seeking, writing, and management
- How to set healthy boundaries and resolve conflict
- How to organize a conference symposium
- Leadership, mentorship, and supervision
- Managing your time, your projects, and yourself as a researcher
- Navigating the tenure process
- Translating research to practice and policy
- Writing recommendation letters
These resources are offered on a trial basis as the Office of Research Development assess the best way to offer relevant, high-quality tools and guidance to a broad cross-section of researchers. If you have feedback on these materials, or ideas on what kind of training would be most useful, let us know.