Research Events
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Practice
A Faculty and Graduate Student Forum on Research, Ethics and Impact
April 1, 2026, 1:00-5:30
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Practice is a half-day forum where COEHS faculty, graduate students, and community partners come together to showcase collaborative research, discuss ethical and effective engagement, and explore practical strategies for sustaining CES across career stages. The event combines interactive studios, panel discussions, and informal networking to highlight rigor, reciprocity, and real-world impact. All staff, faculty and students are welcome.
Grants Happen One Cup at a Time
This is a casual, monthly 90-minute COEHS coffee where we gather over hot drinks and light refreshments to explore a rotating theme, spark conversations, and share insights about grant funding and collaboration. Typically held on the second Friday of the month from 10-11:30 in Simpson Hall, Simpson Room (#135). This is for all faculty, staff and graduate students. No registration needed!
February 13: Budgeting for Grants—Turning Numbers into Fundable Plans
Focus: Making grant budgeting approachable by exploring key components, sharing strategies, and discussing practical tips for creating fundable budgets.
- Understanding personnel, fringe benefits, equipment, supplies, travel, and indirect costs.
- Making sure every dollar supports your project’s objectives.
- Creative approaches to maximize impact within limited budgets.
- Lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful grant budgets.
March 13: Community, Impact, and Sustainability—Grants Beyond Funding
Focus: Ensuring grant work is meaningful and builds lasting partnerships.
- Engaging community partners in the grant process from the start.
- Designing projects that have real-world impact and sustainability.
- Lessons from grants that succeeded or failed due to collaboration dynamics.
- Reflecting on the long-term relationships built through funded projects.
April 10: From Idea to Proposal—Crafting Fundable Concepts
Focus: Translating informal discussions into concrete grant proposals.
- Brainstorming interdisciplinary research questions.
- How early feedback shapes successful proposals.
- Matching research ideas to funding opportunities.
- Common pitfalls in proposal writing and how informal mentoring or peer review can prevent them.
The Grant Writing Lab
This is a three-session workshop series designed to help strengthen grant proposal writing through guided instruction, sharing of tools and best practice and structured work time. Participants will focus on crafting clear problem statements, aligned project plans, and polished proposal narratives, with time each session dedicated to your own work. The series emphasizes clarity, coherence, and writing confidence, helping participants move from concept to submission-ready drafts of your proposal narrative. If you have not found success in funding competitions, this series is for you. These workshops all occur during the open Mini Grant call and can help in preparing your Mini Grant Proposal! Attendance at all sessions is not mandatory, and all faculty, graduate students and staff are welcome to attend. Sessions are 10-11:30 with a location TBD. To help with planning, please register for your sessions
February 27: The Logic of It All: Crafting the Project Plan
Focus: Logic, structure, and flow in a research proposal. Strengthen the “how” of the proposal by aligning objectives, activities and outcomes.
- Writing strong objectives: writing clear, measurable, and aligned objectives without overpromising
- The value of a logic models and timelines
- Describing activities: showing feasibility and readiness through concrete details
March 5: Framing the Proposal: Writing a Clear and Compelling Case
Focus: The core narrative. Articulate the problem, purpose, and significance of the project in funder-friendly language.
- What makes a proposal readable, persuasive and competitive
- Writing clearly about need, context and urgency without jargon
- Connecting the problem with your programs goals and values
March 12: Polishing the Proposal: Budget Narrative, Review, and Voice
Focus: Revision, alignment, and reviewer perspective. Help participants strengthen coherence, clarity, and professionalism across the full proposal.
- Explaining costs clearly and persuasively (no math deep dive).
- Ensuring narrative, objectives, and budget tell the same story.
- Common writing pitfalls-Tone, jargon, redundancy, and reviewer fatigue.
ORE Drop in hours!
Associate Dean: Last Tuesday of the month, 9-10
Pre Awards Team: Last Thursday of the month, 12-1
Post Awards Team: Last Wednesday of the month, 11:30-12:30
Questions?
coeresearch@unm.edu
Cari Hushman: ckimble@unm.edu
