- SURF Open House | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | 9:00鈥�3:00 | Torreyson West, Ste. 328
Students and mentors who have questions about SURF should plan on stopping in to meet with the professionals in Grants and Sponsored Research. We’ll be available to discuss the following topics throughout the day: eligibility and funding amounts, application timeline, narrative sections (r茅sum茅s, abstract, proposal, etc.), budget and justification, forms, evaluation criteria, and much more!
- The Breakfast Club: Friday Grant Writing Collective 2026鈥�2027聽| Begins Friday, September 18, 2026 | 8:00a | Executive Dining Room, Christian Cafeteria | Registration
The Breakfast Club will take participants through the grant seeking and application process from developing a fundable project to finding funding to writing the application to submission requirements. At the end, we will conduct a mock review of an actual proposal, acting as peer reviewers scoring the application according to review criteria. Each session will begin with breakfast from 8:00鈥�8:30. We will go over a quick demonstration and then complete a writing activity. By the end of the collective, participants should have a portfolio of application components they can use to begin their first grant.
- Finding Funding with the Grants Resource Center | Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | 2:40p | Burdick 205 | No registration required
- Meet the Funders: Hear First-Hand from Program Officers | March 2027 | Hybrid on Zoom and at the UALR Student Center | More information coming soon!
This collaboration between UCA and UALR will bring program officers from state agencies to discuss their funding opportunities and how faculty, staff, and institutions can apply.
- Rise, Write, & Refine: The Spring Grant-Writing Retreat | May 12鈥�15, 2027 | Camp Mitchell, Petit Jean Mountain | Registration
Similar to The Breakfast Club, Rise, Write, & Refine provides a more聽focused, distraction-free grant writing retreat鈥攁 dedicated space where faculty and staff can dive deep into writing and refining their grant proposals with expert support close at hand. Meals and lodging will be provided. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation.
- Summer Book Clubs | June 2鈥揓uly 28, 2027 | Zoom
- Tuesday 2:00 Club |聽Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life聽by Anne Lamott |
- Wednesday 3:00 Club |聽The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell |