BRDO Newsletter Archive

In this edition of the newsletter, the BRDO team addresses framing your research for non-specialist audiences with guidance on writing an abstract, crafting an elevator pitch, and building a website. We also highlight funding opportunities, remind early career faculty about the upcoming NSF...Read more about BRDO Newsletter, June 2026

This quarter, we offer a special edition of the BRDO newsletter. With a little more than one year into the current federal administration, we're taking a look at the current federal funding landscape via a Q&A with Gina Daly (Director of...Read more about BRDO Newsletter, March 2026

In this month's newsletter, we remind our readers of BRDO's many-faceted services, provide guidance on meeting NSF's Broader Impacts criterion and on navigating preliminary data for federal proposals. Also included are funding opportunities of note and the latest policy updates.Read more about BRDO Newsletter, December 2025

This edition of the BRDO newsletter is a little different from most, as we are focusing much of it on a single topic: opportunities and risks of using AI in proposal preparation. Below you will find articles on safe and effective uses of AI in proposals, how to craft effective prompts,...Read more about BRDO Newsletter, September 2025

In this quarter's newsletter, BRDO shares guidance for times of uncertain funding, links to the latest information on Executive Orders, tips and tools for developing your Data Management and Sharing Plan, and the latest funding opportunities.Read more about BRDO Newsletter, March 2025

In this month's newsletter BRDO Director, Dave Trinkle, looks at proposal writing during times of Federal transition; BRDO staff describe applying to ARPA-H, encourage faculty to serve as Limited Submission reviewers, and highlight upcoming funding opportunities.Read more about BRDO Newsletter, December 2024

In this quarter's newsletter, we explore the impacts on federal funding of the upcoming election, request your feedback about the BRDO newsletters, provide guidance for building teams for grant proposals, share tips on crafting a one-pager for federal program officers, highlight featured funding...Read more about BRDO Newsletter, September 2024

In this quarter's newseltter, staff from BRDO share resources for drafting an NSF Broader Impacts plan; assessing, adapting, and resubmitting a rejected proposal; a discussion on research being funded by more than one agency; the latest funding opportunities; and a summer reading list.Read more about BRDO Newsletter, May 2024

In this quarter's newsletter, staff from BRDO share resources for faculty preparing federal funding proposals: preparing for the summer, faculty writing groups, guidance for NSF CAREER award, funding opportunities, upcoming trainings, and policy updates.Read more about BRDO Newsletter, February 2024