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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos">Hello and Happy Summer, CGR members!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><a href="https://ok.accessgov.com/osrhe/Forms/Page/osrhe-public/pivot-research-grant-writing/">Registration</a> is now open for the CGR Summer Grant Workshop.  </span><span style="color:#242424">The
 workshop, entitled<i>: Pivot: Research and Grant Writing in a Changing Landscape
</i>seeks to help participants identify and develop skills to adapt to the (sometimes daily!) changes of the current grant landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://ok.accessgov.com/osrhe/Forms/Page/osrhe-public/pivot-research-grant-writing/">https://ok.accessgov.com/osrhe/Forms/Page/osrhe-public/pivot-research-grant-writing/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos">We are still looking for a few interested and willing members (or recommendations) for workshop session facilitators at the CGR Summer Grant Workshop on July 23. This is a great opportunity to share knowledge,
 best-practices, and learn new and emerging information in the research and grants world, as well as networking and collaborating at the regional and local levels!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos">In the email below, suggested session topics are listed, and suggestions for topics (or a topic you have a particular expertise/passion for) are welcome! We envision each session to be a partial presentation
 with a “hands-on” component using handouts or “assignments” to facilitate learning and professional development. For example, if presenting on grant budgets (in a changing grant funding landscape), the session might include an example of a successfully funded
 detailed budget (identifiers removed) to a non-government entity, such as a foundation or other non-profit organization, and a fill-in budget worksheet with the ability for session participants to estimate salaries, supplies, etc., to demonstrate the expected
 similarities and differences between the different types of funders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Additionally, if you are interested in facilitating a session, please contact Christine Fisher at
<a href="mailto:cfisher@osrhe.edu">cfisher@osrhe.edu</a> or 405-225-9265. </span><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos">Gina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#002060">Gina Slaughter Gordon,</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#002060"> M.A., Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">Director, Office of Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060"> & Sponsored Programs, Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">The University of Central Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">NUC 341, Box 132<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">Ph.405-974-5268 / Fax 405-974-3818<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060"><a href="https://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/office-research-sponsored-programs/"><span style="color:blue">UCO ORSP Website</span></a> /
<a href="https://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/office-research-sponsored-programs/grants/external-grant-submission-procedures">
External Grant Routing</a> / <a href="https://uco.infoready4.com/#homePage">FOC Grants</a></span></b><span style="font-family:Aptos"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#242424">Save the Date for a Summer Grant Workshop!  <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">OSRHE, UCO, and CGR are partnering to host a one-day Summer Grant Workshop on July 23, 2025 (flyer attached). The workshop, entitled<i>: Pivot: Research and Grant Writing in a Changing Landscape
</i>seeks to help participants identify and develop skills to adapt to the (sometimes daily!) changes of the current grant landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos">The workshop will be hosted on the UCO campus in the Forensic Science Institute (FSI) building<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Participation is open to CGR as well as to anyone interested in grants, so spread the word!
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<span style="font-family:Aptos">CGR membership will be listed as a registration option  </span>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos">Both individual and institutional membership options (for up to five people) are available<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">Presenter Opportunity:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">We have a few slots open for presenters, and would love to incorporate your voice!  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">As a workshop, we are committed to providing an experience with as much hands-on practice and discussion as a daylong event can hold.  <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">In that vein, we are asking that anyone interested in presenting incorporate a hands-on exercise (of their choosing) as well as time for questions about the exercise
 and/or information presented.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">Presentation slots are one hour in length.
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<span style="font-family:Aptos;color:#242424">Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos">AI in grantmaking/grant writing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Faculty training<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Developing relationships with funders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Searching for alternative funding<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Online grants management systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Grants 101 type presentation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Developing budgets<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Time and effort reporting<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Data reporting<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">International agreements<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#242424;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Aptos">Converting a federal application to a private application<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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