Activities During a Typical Academic Year

Networking and Service at UI

Topic	Role
Research Development Office (RDO) networking events	Participants
UI Research Services Fair	Hosts of information table
CCoM Research Day	Hosts of information table
Student Excellence Forums	Hosts of information table
Organization/participation Scientist Editors lunches	Facilitators of discussion of best practices with local editors/faculty
Departmental Seminars (clients, job candidates)	Participants
Write Winning Grant Proposals	Hosts of information table
Grant Writing Seminars (General, NIH, NSF, DoD)	Participants

Topic	Role
American Medical Writers' Association (AMWA) Conference	Participant
National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) Conference	Presenter, Scientific Editing Internships
Scientific Editor Network (ScENe) conference calls (monthly since January 2019)	Participant (discussion of best editing practices)
	Presenter, Strategies to help authors submit grant documents on time
	Presenter, Grant editing strategies
	Presenter, Editing the Innovation sections of grants
	Scribe
Seminar: Writing a Good Research Article – Lessons Learned as a Journal Editor	Presenter, Washington University in St. Louis
Webinars on Research Development topics	Participants