Faculty Development Opportunities

Post Research Opportunities

If you have a research opportunity you would like to make available to students, complete a Research Opportunity Form.  Your contact information and the details of your project will be posted.

The 2012 CUR Dialogues

will be held February 21-23, 2013.

Workshops and plenary sessions will:

 - tell participants about grant opportunities in research and education, both new and ongoing;

 - help faculty learn how to find new funding opportunities;

 - help faculty develop grant proposal writing skills.

Participants will:

 - meet in small groups and talk with program officers and grants management officers -- NSF, NIH, NEH, DOE, NASA, USDA, and more;

 - take the opportunity to communicate directly with program officers and grants administrators concerning grant requirements and funders' priorities;

 - share ideas with colleagues.

In addition, CUR Dialogues provides a setting for funders to learn of the interests, needs, and concerns of researchers and educators relative to funding opportunities.  CUR Dialogues have spawned many ideas for grant programs and have helped agencies to refine their program guidelines.

Who should attend:

Faculty at all career stages; undergraduate research directors; grants administrators; development officers.

Go to www.cur.org for more information and to register.

Future CUR Institutes:

Mentorship, Collaboration, and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, TBA (usually held in July)

Proposal Writing, TBA (usually held in July)

The Vital Faculty:  Issues After Tenure, TBA

Robert and Norma Thompson Scholar Application

Through the generosity of Bob and Norma Thompson, the Robert and Norma Thompson Endowment provides financial support via the Thompson Scholar program for faculty development that increases student engagement and learning.  the program will provide reassigned time for two classes per year for a faculty member "to work on projects that strengthen the academic, intellectual, and co-curricular life of the university".

Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members with at least three years of experience at Winthrop are eligible to apply.  Applications must be to department chairs by September 30.

Please review the application criteria carefully and discuss any interests you have regarding the program with your department chair and others as you consider projects you might undertake to strengthen student engagement and learning.  View and print Robert and Norma Thompson Scholar Application

Mentoring Guidelines:

Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend:  On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering
by:  National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine