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SUMMARY:VBRN Professional Development Workshop 2025
DESCRIPTION:VBRN Annual Professional Development Workshop\nSaturday\, January 25\, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM\nWaterman Building\, UVM Memorial Lounge (second floor)\n85 South Prospect Street\nBurlington\, VT 05405\n \nIf you intend on attending in person you must first register for this event.\n \nTentative Program Agenda:\n9:00-10:00 AM\nOptional CURE Breakfast (in-person): Anyone interested in sharing ideas about experiential learning and bringing research into the classroom through Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) are welcome to attend.\n \n10:00-11:00 AM\nNSF EPSCoR Research Fellows RII Program presentation (live webinar) and Q&A with Lisa Cliggett\, VT EPSCoR Program Officer\, and Hongmei Luo\, Office of the Director\, Office of Integrative Activities\, Research Capacity & Competitiveness\, U.S. National Science Foundation. The EPSCoR Research Fellows RII program provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation’s premier private\, governmental\, or academic research institutions and/or centers.\n \n11:00 AM-12:30 PM\nStrategic Career Planning Workshop (in-person):\nThe new year is a perfect time for reflection and planning your professional trajectory. In this workshop you will learn about strategic planning and practical tips to manage the research and scholarship\, teaching\, and service expectations of your appointment. This one-and-a-half-hour interactive workshop led by Jessi Waite and Scott Lewins of UVM’s Research Development office\, will help you to align your values with your career goals\, set priorities\, and build connections. Materials will be targeted for early-career faculty at predominately undergraduate serving institutions\, but being proactive in planning is important no matter where you are in your academic career\, so all are welcome to join.
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-professional-development-workshop-2025/
LOCATION:85 South Prospect St. Burlington VT 05401\, 85 South Prospect St.\, Burlington\, VT\, 05405\, United States
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
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SUMMARY:Drop-in virtual informational session for the 2025 VBRN Summer Internship Program
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in virtual informational session for the 2025 VBRN Summer Internship Program: \n\n\nThursday\, January 30\, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM – Zoom link
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/drop-in-virtual-informational-session-for-the-2025-vbrn-summer-internship-program/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T120000
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SUMMARY:Summer Internship Drop-in Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in informational session on Friday February 7\, 2025 at 12:00 – Zoom link
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/summer-internship-drop-in-info-session/
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250319
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SUMMARY:Genomics Data Carpentry
DESCRIPTION:Monday March 17 – Tuesday March 18\, 2025\, from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM both days\nRegistration is open!\nWorkshop website\n\nThis online-only workshop is intended for people working with high-throughput sequencing data and focuses on helping them upgrade their workflow from relying on spreadsheets and GUI platforms to using command-line tools and accessing remote computing power. Learners will be introduced to core Bash commands and will learn to write custom Bash scripts to automate an analysis pipeline. They will be introduced to some commonly used command-line bioinformatics tools and file formats. This workshop does not cover individual methods for working with RNA-seq\, ChIP-seq\, or other specialized datasets\, but instead focuses on core principles for efficient and reproducible research with sequencing data.
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/genomics-data-carpentry/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,VBRN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T143000
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SUMMARY:VBRN Career Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:VBRN Career Day is an annual undergraduate research symposium and career networking event for VBRN students!\n \nRegister Now\n\nAgenda\n2:30-3:00   Registration and poster set-up\n3:00-4:00   Student poster session 1 (even)\n4:00-5:00   Student poster session 2 (odd)\n5:00-6:00   Dinner\n6:00-7:00   Networking sessions: 1) student career paths session & 2) faculty thematic interest groups\n\nDuring the networking portion of the event from 6:00-7:00\, students can network with invited speakers who are professionals from a variety of STEM disciplines and medicine. During this same time\, faculty will have an opportunity connect with faculty researchers during the VBRN Thematic Interest Group (TIG) Networking event. In this faculty session you may learn about the VBRN Thematic Interest Groups\, their research and related activities\, and network with TIG members from our baccalaureate partner institutions and UVM. We hope that you will join us!
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-career-day-2025/
LOCATION:1 College St\, Burlington\, VT 05401
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
ORGANIZER;CN="VBRN":MAILTO:vbrn@uvm.edu
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SUMMARY:Plotting and Programming with Python
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 29 – Friday May 30\, 2025 – two full days\n8:30 AM – 5:00 PM\n\nRegistration is open!\n\nIn this workshop\, learners will gain confidence in using the command-line to navigate their file structure and work with files on their computer\, write custom Bash scripts to automate repetitive analyses\, learn the core concepts of version control and be able to implement a simple Git workflow for tracking their own work. Additionally\, this workshop will cover Python programming basics\, focusing on working with core data structures including tabular data\, using conditionals and loops\, writing custom functions\, and creating customized plots. JupyterLab and strategies for getting help will also be introduced. This workshop is appropriate for learners with no previous programming experience.
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/plotting-and-programming-with-python/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,VBRN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T110000
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SUMMARY:VBRN Annual Retreat 2025
DESCRIPTION:VBRN Summer 2025 Retreat – State of our Institutions (UVM and PUIs)\nThursday July 17 from 11:00 AM -2:00 PM \nLocation: Dudley H. Davis Center; Silver Maple Ballroom\, Room 400 \nAgenda:\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nVBRN welcome and announcements\n\n\n11:10 AM\nSara Helms Cahan\, Associate Vice President for Research\, UVM\n\n\n11:30 AM\nDiscussion session: culture of research across the network: share impacts on campuses (changes for PIs\, students\, equipment maintenance/acquisition\, culture of research\, mitigation plans\, etc.)\n\n\n12:30 PM\nLunch and discussion regarding future reporting and RPPRs\n\n\n1:30 PM\nPursuing industry/academic partnerships\n\n\n\n  \nIdeas for Discussion session:\nWhat are the immediate impacts to changes in research funding and higher education on your campuses? \nFor current PIs and recruitment of PIs\nFor current students and student enrollment\nFor equipment maintenance/acquisition\nFor the culture of research\nIs your institution showing resilience to these changes? \nIs your administration being proactive about maintaining faculty and student research on campus in the form of bridge funding or other mechanisms? \nAre there other ideas/institutional responses/best practices to share?
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-annual-retreat-2025/
LOCATION:UVM Davis Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T120000
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SUMMARY:Grant Writing Workshop 2025
DESCRIPTION:Saint Michael’s College \nRoy Room\, Dion Family Student Center \nRegister for this event \nThe VBRN Grant Writing Workshop will be held from 12:00-5:00 PM Friday\, November 7\, 2025\, at Saint Michael’s College\, Colchester\, VT. Attendance at this workshop will be required for all faculty intending to apply for Exploratory or Pilot Award funding from July 1\, 2026-June 30\, 2027 or Project Award funding for July 1\, 2026-June 30\, 2028. Attendance is recommended for a faculty who have received VBRN funding in the past and are interested in applying for individual NIH\, NSF\, or other federal or non-federal grant support in the future. \nThe program will consist of an informational session followed by small group breakouts to review the submitted pitch papers described below. Lunch is included prior to the start of the program with roundtables dedicated to VBRN Thematic Interest Group networking and VBRN Core Facilities. There will be tables for established thematic groups (Disease Ecology\, Bioorganic Chemistry\, Neuroscience\, Health and Movement Science\, Data Science\, and Plant Biology) as well as emerging groups currently in development (CURE\, Monitoring Indicators for Human Health). \nKey dates for 2026 VBRN applications: \n\nRequest for Applications (RFA) will be available on the VBRN Awards page in early October\nPitch paper due: Wednesday\, October 22\, 2025 – Email your pitch paper to your BPI coordinator with a working title for your proposal and 5 key words. This is a mandatory requirement to participate in the grant writing workshop. Also\, provide contact information for suggested reviewers if you have them.\nGrant Writing Workshop: Friday\, November 7\, 2025\nLetter of Intent due: Monday\, December 1\, 2025\nVBRN Application due: January 30\, 2026\nVBRN Award funding decisions: end of March 2026\n\nGWW Tentative Agenda:\n\n\n\n12:00-1:30\nLunch + TIG meetings + Research Core tables\n\n\n1:30-1:45\nVBRN announcements\n\n\n1:45-2:45\nInformational sessions: “Current national research priorities and trends in the federal funding landscape” with Dr. Jeralyn Haraldsen\, Director of Research Development\, UVM “NSF EPSCoR state and federal funding opportunities\, e.g. EPSCoR Faculty Pilot Awards and Research Fellows” with Dr. Bernard “Chip” Cole\, Director\, VT EPSCoR\, VT Space Grant & NASA EPSCoR\, UVM\n\n\n2:45-3:00\nBreak\n\n\n3:00-5:00\nPanels/pitch paper reviews\n\n\n\nDetails on the Pitch Paper (draft Specific Aims page)\nFaculty interested in VBRN funding will submit a NIH-style proposal. Because our network is comprised of primarily undergraduate institutions\, VBRN encourages faculty to submit AREA R15 and R16 grants for extramural funding. Please note that the NIH AREA R15 review criteria are used in the VBRN review process and for the pitch papers. Faculty interested in EPSCoR funding will submit a NSF-style proposal. NSF EPSCoR review criteria are used in the review process and for the pitch papers. \nFor the pitch paper\, faculty are asked to include at a minimum Specific Aims of the proposed research (one-page total). Optionally and additionally\, VBRN faculty may include draft Significance and Innovation components of an AREA R15 application (two-pages total\, including the Specific Aims page). NSF EPSCoR faculty may include draft Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts components of an NSF application. \nVBRN is currently working to recruit local reviewers to participate in the small group breakouts; typically\, these include local experts in areas that are appropriate for the PUI faculty applicants. If you have any suggested reviewers you would like to recommend\, please share their contact information with your BPI Coordinator. VBRN will then reach out to any suggested reviewers. \nThe Specific Aims page:\nThe Specific Aims page is particularly critical as your “calling card” to your readers. During an actual NIH Study Section\, only the three reviewers (Primary\, Secondary and Reader) will read your full application closely\, but all panelists will typically scan the Specific Aims page during the review to get an overview of the proposal. Hence\, your Specific Aims page is critical for selling your application to the whole panel. Most applicants will typically format their Specific Aims page using a standard formal structure. It starts with a short paragraph that will introduce the main scientific question and then present a statement of the central hypothesis that your work will test. Next\, write a short paragraph for each of the 2-4 principal objectives (Aims) of the study. Each Aim should include the premise behind the Aim\, a description of how the Aim will be achieved\, and what the likely impact of successful completion of the Aim will be to the field at large. Some PIs conclude their Specific Aims page with a brief impact statement describing how completion of the research will positively impact on the NIH Mission. A good Specific Aims page convinces the reader of the importance of your question\, the logical strength of your central hypothesis\, and the strength of your approach in testing this hypothesis. \nSignificance and Innovation components:\nThe Significance and Innovation sections function to convince the reader of the overall urgency of your scientific question\, and whether you have devised a novel and forward-looking approach to test your main questions. Essentially\, a well written significance section answers the why of your grant and convinces the reader that the problem needs further research. It should support your premise for the importance of the question and help frame why your hypothesis is reasonable. The Innovation section is an argument for the novelty of your approach. Typically\, novelty is expressed in the form of a novel hypothesis\, a new scientific approach or technique\, and a novel conceptual framework to study and analysis. \nFor additional resources on writing Specific Aims as well as Significance and Innovation sections contact VBRN (vbrn@uvm.edu). \nAn excellent guide for writing NIH grant proposals: \nRobertson\, John D. et al. The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook: National Institutes of Health Version. January 2019 edition. Buellton\, CA: Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops\, LLC\, 2019. Print. For NSF grant proposals reference: \nRobertson\, J. D.\, Russell\, S. W.\, & Morrison\, D. C. (2018). The grant application writer’s workbook. National Science Foundation\, FastLane version. (01/2018 edition.). Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops\, LLC. \nNIH Review Criteria include the following components. Consider these in the preparation of your pitch paper. \nOverall Impact\nReviewers will provide an overall impact score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood for the project to make useful scientific contributions to the research field(s) involved\, to provide research opportunities to undergraduate students by engaging them in primary research activities\, and to strengthen the research environment of the institution\, in consideration of the following review criteria and additional review criteria (as applicable for the project proposed). \nSignificance\nDoes the project address an important problem or a barrier to progress in the field? Is the prior research that serves as the key support for the proposed project rigorous? If the aims of the project are achieved\, will the data be publishable and useful to the field? If funded\, will the AREA grant have a substantial effect on the applicant institution in terms of strengthening the research environment and exposing undergraduate students to research? \nInnovation\nDoes the application take advantage of\, challenge or build on current research concepts and models or research techniques? Are innovative approaches to engaging undergraduate students in research proposed? \nIf you have any questions about the workshop\, please contact your BPI Coordinator or vbrn@uvm.edu.
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/grant-writing-workshop-2025/
LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center\, 94 Place Saint Michel\, Colchester\, VT\, 05439\, United States
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
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SUMMARY:VBRN Grant Writing Workshop 2026
DESCRIPTION:Location\nDion Family Student Center (Roy Room)\n94 Place Saint Michel\nColchester\, VT 05439\n \nTentative Program Agenda:\n9:00-10:00 AM    Breakfast (hot breakfast will be served)\n10:00-12:30 PM   Mentoring the Mentor Workshop (in-person)\n \nThe workshop will be led by Dr. Charlie Irvin\, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics in the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Dr. Irvin has led many “mentoring the mentor” workshops through the years. He will be joined by a panel of experienced mentors from primarily undergraduate institutions in the network who will share their experiences supporting student researchers\, including mentoring styles and lessons learned. Attendees will take away ideas for developing their own personalized mentoring plans.\n \nParking information will be provided next week.
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-grant-writing-workshop-2026/
LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center\, 94 Place Saint Michel\, Colchester\, VT\, 05439\, United States
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T190000
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SUMMARY:VBRN Career Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:VBRN Career Day is an annual undergraduate research symposium and career networking event for VBRN students. Students present their research during the poster sessions and during the networking portion of the event\, students can network with professionals from a variety of STEM disciplines and medicine. During this same time\, faculty will have an opportunity connect with faculty researchers from across the network. \nRegistration\nIf you intend to attend\, please register in advance. \n\nTentative Schedule of Events:\n\n\n\n3:00-3:30\nRegistration and poster set-up\n\n\n3:30-4:15\nPoster session (even)\n\n\n4:15-5:00\nPoster session (odd)\n\n\n5:00-5:15\nBuffet Dinner starts\n\n\n5:15-6:45\nNetworking (two concurrent sessions): 1) Student career paths roundtables & 2) Faculty networking\n\n\n6:45-7:00\nVBRN Awards
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-career-day-2026/
LOCATION:DoubleTree Hilton Hotel\, 870 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, VT\, 05403\, United States
CATEGORIES:VBRN Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
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SUMMARY:VBRN EAC Meeting
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URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-eac-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T140000
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SUMMARY:VBRN Personal Development Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Save The Date
URL:https://vbrn.org/event/vbrn-personal-development-retreat/
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