Research Week 3.0

Join the Office of Research for our third annual Research Week! This year, featured events include competitions for seed and travel funding, matchmaking flash talks, and workshops for faculty and graduate students. We will announce competition winners and recognize research achievements by faculty and staff during an awards ceremony and reception. All are welcome to come and take advantage of professional development and networking opportunities.

Monday, October 21

  • Developing industry partnerships travel grant competition
  • New Faculty Seed Grant program information session
  • Distinguished VPR lecture by Dr. Dmitri Petrov

Tuesday, October 22

  • Team planning grant competition
  • WSU Safety, Health, and Security Fair and Awards Event
  • Matchmaking flashtalks on Humanity and the Environment

Wednesday, October 23

  • Small seed grant competition
  • Listen to researchers pitch their business ideas to industry, alumni, and faculty

Thursday, October 24

  • Faculty and Graduate Student workshops facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of Generous Thinking
  • Research Week Awards Ceremony
  • Center for Arts and Humanities grand opening

Friday, October 25

  • Presentation and discussion of prestigious career awards from NSF, DOD, and DOE

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