Build your grant strategy playbook
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is offering two sessions that will help researchers take their grant writing strategy to the next level. Learn from panels of UI faculty with vibrant, high-dollar grant portfolios as they discuss the trade-offs of different approaches to selecting which grants to apply for and growing the number of awards.
Scaling Your Research Program: From One Grant to Many
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 7
College of Public Health Building
Depth or Breadth? Navigating Funding Agency Strategies for Research Success
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 28
University Capitol Centre
Arts and humanities faculty: Apply for an AHI grant by March 10
The OVPR invites applications for the spring 2026 Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) grants, which support creative and scholarly work that advances humanist principles. Scholars can receive up to $7,500 for a standard grant and up to $30,000 for a major project grant.
Social scientists: Apply by March 2 for free survey questions and support
The Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) invites faculty to apply for Surveying the Social World, which provides end-to-end survey support from the CSSI research services team and the opportunity to submit up to 35 survey questions to a nationally representative sample of 1,000 U.S. adults.
Take part: Book Matters with Ashley Howard on Feb. 26
Join us for a reading and discussion to celebrate Ashley Howard, assistant professor of history and African American studies, and her new book, Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement.
Howard will read a selection from her new book and then join Louise Seamster, associate professor of sociology and criminology and African American studies, for a conversation and audience Q&A.
This event is free and open to the public.
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26
Stanley Museum of Art
Celebrate with us: Creative Matters with the Joffrey Ballet on March 6
Join us for a conversation with Joffrey Ballet artistic director Ashley Wheater MBE about the Joffrey’s landmark anniversary program, American Icons, as well as reflections on its past, present, and future.
The conversation will be moderated by Leslie Nolte, founder and artistic director of Nolte Academy and Iowa Conservatory, with an introduction from Jennifer Kayle, department executive officer of the UI Department of Dance.
This event is free and open to the public.
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 6
Hancher Auditorium Stanley Café
Meet Carl Ross, new director of development for the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing
Carl Ross, a veteran biomanufacturing leader with more than 25 years of experience bridging academic discovery and industry application, has been named the director of development for the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB), the University of Iowa’s hub for biotechnology impacting education, basic research, and technology transfer in the biosciences.
Office of Innovation seeks Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows
The Office of Innovation is looking for UI graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, residents, fellows, medical, pharmacy, and dental students who are:
- inspired to solve unmet needs in healthcare,
- wish to help bring a product to market, or
- make industry connections.
Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows will learn about the factors that influence healthcare innovation, and how to start a company, while balancing an academic career.
Applications are due March 5.
OVPR supports 9 faculty projects changing the way we see and hear the world
Meet the nine UI faculty awarded fall 2025 AHI grants and learn how they will use the funds to advance their creative works in film, photography, language and culture, music, and journalism.
Engage in building community around rural research
Meet the panelists and moderators of the Cultivating Rurality Symposium session "Rural Access to Services and Resources." Before they take the stage at the Cultivating Rurality Symposium on March 27, learn more about their work in bridging the gap between university research and the needs of rural communities.
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