The Office of Research Facilitation and Dissemination sponsors a variety of faculty research workshops, seminars and discussion groups. Below are some upcoming opportunities, as well as sessions offered by some other MSU units. 

Fall 2009 Research Workshops 

• NIH Comes to Michigan -11/11/09
• Coffee Breaks: Developing Your Proposal Budget: 11/19/09
• The Accessible Learning Institute - 11/20/09
• Writing Winning Grants - 1/6/10 Register now!
• Writing Winning Revisions - 1/7/10 Call now!

► Information about research funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

The Office of Research Facilitation and Dissemination provides...

• Grantwriting assistance for approved cross-disciplinary, all-university, or multi-department proposals;
• Information regarding open grant competitions and RFPs (Visit http://resfacil.msu.edu/groups/RFP_Opportunities/blog/ and http://www.vprgs.msu.edu/findfunding);
• Free Wiki and blog hosting for project and proposal development (Current wikis at http://resfacil.msu.edu/groups/);
• Direct training (such as Coffee Breaks) - and subventions for third-party training;
• Travel support for visits to federal and other grant officers for discussion of possible projects (typically matched by a college or department).