RSSP Faculty Training Available for Pivot, RazorGrant, NSF/NIH Biosketches

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is offering several trainings sessions this fall for faculty who are interested in finding external funding for their scholarship.

The sessions will focus on three areas: Pivot, an online resource for identifying, tracking, and sharing grant-funding opportunities; RazorGrant, the university’s electronic grant-processing system; and the current National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health biographical sketch formats.

Pivot training topics will include claiming a Pivot profile, keyword and sponsor searches, saving searches and strategies for future grant submissions.

The Pivot training sessions are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 21, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 9. All sessions will be held in Arkansas Union, Room A354.

RazorGrant training topics will include creating a RazorGrant document, principal investigator and co-principal investigator certifications, working with the grant specialist and routing and approval completion.

The RazorGrant training sessions are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 23, 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 13 and 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. All sessions will be held in Arkansas Union, Room A354.

The biosketch preparation training will focus on a review of the NSF and NIH biographical sketch guidelines and creating a draft of the investigator’s NSF and/or NIH biosketch.

The biosketch workshops schedule:

• 10:30 a.m., Sept. 30, Mullins Library, Room 104
• 3:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Willard J. Walker Hall, Room 403
• 3:30 p.m., Dec. 1, Science Engineering, Room 202

Richard Redfearn, training manager for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, will conduct all sessions.

Information about registering for the training can be found here.