Research Development Webinars & Workshops
Welcome to our Faculty Webinars & Workshops hub—your gateway to professional development, collaboration, and innovation. Explore a dynamic lineup of sessions designed to inspire teaching excellence, foster community, and support your academic journey.
RIO Webinars & Workshops
The Research & Innovation Office (RIO), in collaboration with the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA), invites you to celebrate your accomplishments, or your colleague's, as a 2023-2025 Early Career Faculty awardee! These awards recognize significant early-career research contributions and impact by faculty members and rising scholars across several academic fields. Vice Chancellor of Research & Innovation Massimo Ruzzene and Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Michele Moses will speak to awardees' accomplishments, positive mentorship, and free bowling and billiards will be available along with an open snack bar.
The event is also an excellent opportunity for faculty contemplating early career awards to network and connect with successful investigators!
- When: Friday, February 6, 2026, 1-3 p.m. MT
- Where: The Connection, University Memorial Center (UMC), 1669 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO 80302
Check out the list of 2023-2025 Early Career Faculty Awardees here! Check out the list of 2020-2022 Early Career Faculty Awardees here. Please email Alicia Adelman with any changes or updates!
The goal of this workshop is to educate and equip participants with the budgeting and financial planning skills necessary to develop proposal budgets, specifically, budgets for broader impacts projects. Participants will learn how to plan early and will understand the essential components of a strong proposal budget that considers funding required to implement broader impacts projects successfully. Two Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) experts will co-present. Campus resources will be shared with participants to support budgeting and financial planning. Laying this foundation will better position participants with securing grants and awards and with achieving their broader impacts plans.
- Who: CU Boulder Faculty and Staff
- When: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12-1:30 p.m. MT
- Where: Virtual Via Zoom
Has the recent federal transition prompted you to reconsider your research funding approach? Join RIO’s Donna Axel for a fast-paced, 30-minute introduction to Pivot, internal funding opportunities, and other free tools available with your CU Login. Bring your team—faculty, staff, and students are all welcome!
Stay for an optional 30-minute Q&A to get your questions answered.
- Who: Specifically designed for faculty, postdocs, staff, and students who are interested in identifying alternative funding in light of the federal transition. These workshops are open to all across all disciplines.
- When:
- Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m.
- Tuesday, March 24, 10 a.m.
- Thursday, April 23, 1 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 13, 12 p.m.
(Please use your CU Boulder identikey email.)
Have questions about any of our workshops? Contact rio@colorado.edu.