You can choose to be notified via e-mail when new documents matching your profile are added to the NSF Online Document System. Subscribe today and create your personal profile, so you can start receiving notices tomorrow. Each semester the Office of Sponsored Programs presents several workshops which focus on proposal writing and other issues of interest to WKU faculty and staff who use OSP services. An overview of policies relating to conflict of interest, human subjects of research, animal care and use in research, and scientific research integrity. For people who have never written a grant proposal, this workshop covers the basics of how to get started.
Participants share a draft proposal with other participants and guest reviewers.
May 18 through 29 Offered jointly with the Center for Teaching and Learning, participants team with a colleagueinanother college to produce a proposal which will be submitted to a sponsor during the academic year following completion of the workshop. The most recent issue included articles about the Social Science Research Council, the National Association of Broadcasters, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Institute on Aging, and the American Hotel Foundation, as well as information for people doing research on poverty, non-profit agencies, and broadcasting. This subscription service is available to anyone on Western's campus via the World Wide Web, but you'll need to know the current user ID and password in order to access issues of the newsletter. Another subscription service offered through the Office of Sponsored Programs is from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The main office is Room 106.