Deadlines and Events

  • Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025: Grants Resource Center (GRC) Fall Faculty Overview | 1:00 CT |. Please register with GRC.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025: SURF Deadline to Submit Narrative Materials for Feedback | 4:30 | ORSP@uca.edu.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025: “Research Tools: PaperPile, Consensus, ReciteWorks” | x-period | Zoom | Learn about and receive access to these helpful tools.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025: SURF Completed Applications Due | 4:30 | You will receive instructions after meeting with your pre-award administrator.
  • Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025: Grants Resource Center (GRC) National Institutes of Health Extramural Research Update | 1:00 CT | Please register with GRC.
  • Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026: Find Funding/Using GRC: | 1:40 | Torreyson West, Ste. 328. Seating is limited; register for this presentation soon!
  • Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026: SURF Spring Open House, Torreyson West, Ste. 328.
  • Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026: Vetting Grant Guidelines | 1:40 | Torreyson West, Ste. 328. Seating is limited; register for this presentation soon!
  • Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026: Grad School & ORSP Awards | TBD |
  • Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026: Research Symposium | 3:30–5:30 | McCastlain Ballroom
  • Friday, May 8–Sunday, May 10, 2026: Grant Writing Retreat | Camp Mitchell on Petit Jean Mountain. Spots are limited; register for the retreat soon!
  • June 2026 Book Club: Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon | Zoom | Participants will receive free copies of the book. Spots are limited; register for this book club soon!
  • July 2026 Book Club: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Participants will receive free copies of the book. Spots are limited; register for this book club soon!