Participate in the Early Career Research Network (ECRN), UMSL’s year long program that helps new faculty get connected to grant getting best practices, collaborators, mentors, and a supportive network of colleagues
Take advantage of the ECRN external mentoring program and department and campus mentoring opportunities
Read these incredibly helpful resources as soon as you can:
Review campus and department tenure and promotion guidelines and understand expectations in your discipline
Get to know the Research Development team and how they can help you develop competitive proposals and build collaborative teams
Get to know your sponsored programs team and department grants and contracts staff to learn about the proposal submission process
Learn how to find funding and navigate funding agencies
Familiarize yourself with Research Development resources on this site such as boilerplate, upcoming workshops, recorded trainings, and resources needed for common proposal components
Apply for internal funding including UMSL Travel Grants and UMSL Research Awards to obtain preliminary data and publications which will position you for larger external awards
Have your first proposals reviewed by the Research Development team
Get connected to peer reviewers
Participate in grant-related trainings to build your skills
Attend campus events to meet potential collaborators
Reach out to the Associate Dean for Research in your college to share your research interests and learn about college resources to support your research
Attend NSF and/or NIH regional conferences
Book an appointment with Lena Marvin, UMSL Open Source and Reference Librarian to learn how to put your research products in UMSL’s Institutional Repository Library (IRL) and about open access
Develop your research agenda – the questions and problems you aim to explore that can serve as a dynamic roadmap to guide conference, publication and funding target.
