Events
Research and Innovation stimulates and encourages high-impact research, scholarship, creativity, innovation, and economic development. Research events – from lectures and seminars to conferences and exhibitions – emphasize the exchange of knowledge and discovery, while fostering connection and promoting collaboration.
Upcoming Research EVENTS & DEADLINES
The Research and Innovation Service Team provides professional development opportunities for researchers to achieve excellence and impact in their work. Tools, resources, and trainings are available to support navigating the administrative structures and processes within the institution, to improve grant writing skills and grantsmanship, and to facilitate collaborations within and among institutions.
Upcoming Research Events & Deadlines
- Oct. 9-10: 7th Annual Cybersecurity Conference
- Oct. 13: Navigating AI in Schools: Policies, Pitfalls, and Possibilities (Hanover Webinar)
- Oct. 15-16: 2025 Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture Series and Roundtable: Empire on the Line: Making and Breaking French Colonialism at Sea
- Oct. 16: The Psychological, Social, and Educational Benefit of Intellectual Humility
- Oct. 20-26: Open Access Week
- Oct. 20: Open Access in Grant-Funded Works with Authors Alliance
- Oct. 20: SoTL Workshop: Researching Your Students: IRB Insights and Ethical Considerations
- Oct. 24: Economic Impacts & Tools for Flood Resilience (at The Coastal Society Forum)
- Oct. 30: Watson College of Education Research Speaks Showcase 2025
- Oct. 30: Engaging Non-Specialist Audiences in Grant Writing (Hanover Webinar)
- Oct. 31: Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series: Opportunities and Challenges of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences
November
- Nov. 3-7: Writer's Week
- Nov. 5: Research with Purpose: Connecting Knowledge to Community Impact
- Nov. 5: Intro into Agentic AI 101
- Nov. 6: Center for Marine Science Research Collider: Coastal Risk and Resilience
- Nov. 7: Developing a Fundable Research Portfolio Workshop (Day 1)
- Nov. 10 + 13: CTE Microsession | Bite Size AI Essentials: AI Tools for Research
- Nov. 13-Dec. 12: Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition
- Nov. 14: National Academy of Inventor's Lunch
- Nov. 15: State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS)
- Nov. 17: Research Achievement Award Nominations Open (Deadline: February 2, 2026)
- Nov. 17-23: Global Entrepreneurship Week Wilmington
- Nov. 20: Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement in Grant Development (Hanover Webinar)
- Nov. 21: CSURF Showcase of Student Research and Creativity
December
- Dec. 1: R&I Catalytic Funding Applications Open
- Dec. 3: Deep Dive into Agentic AI 201
- Dec. 4: R&I Catalytic Funding Information Session
- Dec. 5: Developing a Fundable Research Portfolio Workshop (Day 2)
- Dec. 15: Deciphering Feedback from Grant Reviewers (Hanover Webinar)
Researcher Development Activities
Grant Writing Workshops—Support to improve grant writing knowledge and skills for elevated proposal development
Professional Development Series—Review a library of pre-recorded videos to introduce UNCW researchers to services available from Research & Innovation and other support partners as well as the basics of sponsored program activities. Topics range from finding funding and managing awards to cost share and subawards.