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Webcast Resources Presentation Slides Archive 2022 – 2024
Strategic Planning for Research Careers at HSIs – January 27, 2022 (PDF, 2 MB)
Description: This slide deck is for a webinar that provided a strategic roadmap for faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions to build productive research careers and navigate the federal grant landscape.
Funding Strategies for Social Scientists at HSIs – February 18, 2022 (PPTX, 10 MB)
Description: This slide deck is for a webinar that focused on helping faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions navigate the landscape of research funding within the social and behavioral sciences. It covers practical methods for identifying funding opportunities from federal agencies and private foundations, such as using search engines like Grants.gov and PIVOT. Additionally, the slides provide strategic advice on aligning research interests with agency missions and managing “patchwork” funding to support long-term scholarly productivity.
Anatomy of a Winning Proposal – March 17, 2022 (PDF, 2 MB)
Description: This slide deck is for a webinar that provided social science faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with a strategic framework for planning and writing successful research grant applications. It covers essential topics such as balancing faculty workloads for grant writing, tailoring proposals to specific funders like the Spencer Foundation, and effectively addressing National Science Foundation (NSF) criteria for “Intellectual Merit” and “Broader Impacts”. Additionally, the slides offer practical tools including a “foolproof” research proposal template and techniques for developing a compelling “one-minute story” to engage potential funders.
Developing Grant Proposal Budgets and Data Management Plans (PDF, 831 KB)
Description: This CAHSSA slide deck is for a webinar that provided faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with a comprehensive roadmap for creating research grant budgets and associated data management plans. It defines essential financial terms like direct versus indirect costs and offers step-by-step guidance for calculating NIH modular increments and standard line-item expenses . Additionally, the slides provide practical strategies for writing persuasive budget justifications and navigating complex compliance issues, such as international travel fees and subaward agreements.
Describing Social Science Methods in Proposals – May 19, 2022 (PDF, 2 MB)
Description: This slide deck was for a CAHSSA webinar that provided social science faculty with expert guidance on effectively articulating qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods within research grant applications. It outlines key standards for demonstrating “scientific merit” and “rigor” to major funders like the NSF and NIH, specifically focusing on how to align sampling strategies with project goals. The slides also offer practical examples of various research designs, including deductive quantitative models and longitudinal mixed-method studies.
Research Collaborations: Tips for Building Teams and Funding Projects – October 14, 2022 (PDF, 2 MB)
Description: This CAHSSA slide deck was for a webinar that provided social science faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions with a strategic roadmap for finding collaborators and effectively managing interdisciplinary “Team Science” projects. It covers practical benefits of research partnerships, offers “pre-nuptial” planning tools to navigate common interpersonal barriers, and identifies specific federal funding mechanisms from agencies like the NSF that prioritize collaborative proposals.
NSF Build and Broaden and Other Funding for Social Science Research –October 27, 2023 (PDF, 1 MB)
Description: This slide deck provides an in-depth overview of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Build and Broaden program, which aims to strengthen social science research capacity at minority-serving institutions (MSIs). It details the program’s core vision of “diversifying diversity” by increasing proposal submissions and fostering collaborative partnerships between MSIs and other research entities. The presentation also offers practical guidance on identifying funding opportunities, navigating the NSF submission cycle, and understanding the merit review process for successful project funding.
Bullet Journaling for Research Productivity – November 9, 2023 (PDF, 9 MB)
Description: This CAHSSA slide deck is for a webinar that introduced faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions to bullet journaling (BuJo) as a flexible analog system for managing time, academic projects, and research productivity. Led by Professor Dolores Inés Casillas, the presentation provides practical examples of how to integrate academic requirements—such as publication pipelines and semester strategic plans—into a personalized physical journal. Additionally, the slides offer specific strategies for “brain dumping” and color-coding tasks to help reduce anxiety and maintain focus on long-term scholarly goals.
From Idea to Funding: Insights from a Panel of NSF Grant Winners – April 30, 2024 (PDF, 790 KB)
Description: This slide deck provided an introduction for a CAHSSA panel discussion featuring successful National Science Foundation (NSF) grant winners from various UC and CSU campuses. It highlights the “Origin Story” of the CAHSSA initiative, noting the historically low number of NSF grant submissions and awards for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in the social sciences. The presentation introduces individual panelists and their specific NSF-funded projects, such as research on publicly engaged scholarship and entrepreneurship, which were supported through the NSF’s “Build and Broaden” program.