Are you...
- A team member of a recently funded project seeking to financially sustain your work?
- An early career professional wanting to learn about sustainable funding solutions?
- A research professional working on your next funding proposal?
The Jumpstart Your Sustainability Plan mini-course can help! It's free, and we're offering it virtually.
The next Jumpstart mini-course will be September 12-14, 2023.
Apply before September 8, 2023.
Using core elements from our intensive, in-person, five day program, Gateway Focus Week, Jumpstart offers practical and effective steps for developing a sustainability strategy. This free mini-course offers research professionals, PIs of research and teaching-focused gateways, and project teams the perfect way to kick off sustainability planning, whether you are writing a new grant or ready to get to the next level with a more mature project.
The mini-course will outline the core topics any sustainability plan should address, including:
- Key components of a Sustainability Strategy
- Practical steps for developing your plan
- Pitfalls to avoid
Subjects covered will include:
- What exactly is sustainability, and why is it important?
- Articulating your value proposition
- Audience as the key to a sustainability strategy
- Finding the funding model that works for you
Participants will receive:
- Examples of real-world sustainability strategies
- Tips on what to include in a sustainability plan
- Tools to use to develop your plan, including the Sustainability Framework
Each day will include:
- Main presentation and discussion addressing a major theme of sustainability
Agenda
Day 1 // 1:00–4:00 pm EDT
Sustainability: How Science Gateways can thrive (not just survive)
Day 2 // 1:00-4:00 pm EDT
Audience & Environment: Sustainability Through Impact
Day 3 // 1:00-4:00 pm EDT
Finding your Funding Model, course wrap-up