The Office of Research Faculty Development Series (FDS) is a broad curriculum designed to educate WSU Faculty in many aspects of successful proposal development and sponsored project management.

Successful grantmanship and project management is vital in keeping you competitive and unlocking the potential to fund your research, scholarly and/or creative activities.

There are exciting and infomative sessions scheduled specially designed to stimulate enthusiasm for proposal develoment and to build confidence in junior and senior level faculty on pre & post-award topics.

Faculty Development Series curriculum examples:

• Seminars: Life of a Sponsored Project, and Peer Review
• Roundtables: Facilities and Administrative Costs
• Special Sessions: Human Subjects and Bio-Safety
• Highlights: Office of Research Mission to DC and Seed Grants
• Forums: Data, Financial, and Personnel Management