Focus Sessions

College of Agriculture
International Research Academy 2024-25

 

Session 1: Welcome

  • Welcome to the Academy and plans for the program
  • Introduction of participants
  • Introduction to mentoring
  • Introduction of concept note requirement
  • Select times for future meetings & trips

 

Session 2: Finding partners

  • How to find international partners – Government agencies, World Bank, universities, CGIAR Centers, NGOs (Gates, CRS)
  • How to identify international opportunities
  • IPIA’s role in the college- Jerry Shively and Gary Burniske

 

Session 3: Introduction of 2023-24 cohort

  • What went well?
  • Suggestions for getting the most out of this program
  • Working with your mentor
  • Things I wish I had known when the Academy started
  • What did you learn and do differently now?
  • Reflections on your concept note
  • Washington, D.C. goals, agenda and travel plans

 

Session 4: Travel to Washington, D.C

 

Session 5: Motivation and payoff (panel discussion)

  • Why do international work? What is the motivation? What is the reward?
  • How did you get started?
  • Types of international work (research, capacity building, etc.)
  • What would you do differently?

 

Session 6: International proposals and grants

  • Writing a research grant with an international collaborator: panel
    • Pre-awards office – Proposal development process, budget prep, onboarding international sub-awardees
    • Post-Award office – Working with international institutions, setting up grants
    • Challenges and opportunities with international collaborators

 

Session 7:  Promotion and Tenure

  • How does international work help with P&T?
  • How to document impact?

 

Session 8: Intercultural competency

  • Intercultural conflict style assessment
  • Interpretation of results and ways to implement changes

 

Session 9:  Sabbaticals and short-term assignments

  • Fulbright sabbaticals: Chris Lukasik
  • Fulbright specialist program – Mark Russell
  • Sabbatical - Mike Mickelbart

 

Session 10: Campus connections

  • Office of Global Partnerships and Programs
    • What OGPP does
    • LOIs/MOUs and hosting visiting scholars
  • Private partnerships

 

Session 10: Pre-travel orientation

  • International trip pre-departure
  • Introduction of concept notes and expectations

 

Session 11: International travel

               

Session 12: Concept notes

  • Presentation of concept notes - feedback from all mentors.
  • Wrap-up: Next steps, program assessment and feedback