Events
This page highlights upcoming CULTIVATE-related events, including interactive workshops and peer-review sessions focused on proposal development, as well as broader faculty development opportunities open to all Wake Forest faculty. Together, these events support scholarly growth, collaboration, and a strong culture of research and inquiry.
2025-26 Event Schedule
- Thursday August 21, 8:30 am-12:30 pm, Farrell Hall A27/A28: Grant Development Workshop
- Thursday August 21, 1:30 pm-4:30 pm, Reynolda Hall, Room 301: CULTIVATE Kick-off
- Wednesday September 24, 4:00-5:30 pm, Benson Hall, Room 401: Research and Scholarship Celebration and Project Slam
- Monday October 6, 3:30-5 pm, Benson Hall, Room 409: Tenure & Promotion Panel and High Tea
- Thursday November 13, 8:30-10:30 am, Farrell Hall A27/A28: Proposal Writing with AI and other uses of AI in research and scholarship
- Wednesday December 10, 8:30 am-12:30 pm, Divinity and Religious Studies Building, Room 302: Grant Writing “work”shop
- Monday January 26, 3:30-5 pm, ZSR 665: Healthy Excellence workshop
- Tuesday February 24, 12:15-1:30 pm, ZSR 665: ZSR First Five workshop on Qualitative Research Data
- Thursday March 19, 2026, 3:30-5:30 pm, Ammons Gallery (ZSR 401): Celebrating Authors & Artists – Humanities and Arts reception
Quality Circles
The CULTIVATE program is hosting a series of Quality Circles this spring for faculty in any discipline working on external funding applications. Quality Circles provide faculty with a mock panel experience, broad exposure to grant writing, and direct feedback from successfully funded colleagues.
- Humanities & Arts (Feb. 23 & 24): Focus on book proposals and NEH
- All Disciplines (March 23): Focus on foundation applications
- STEM/Social Sciences (April 1): Focus on NSF, NIH, and other federal applications
- NSF CAREER (May 19): Dedicated day-long session for early-career researchers
Contact Erin Henslee, Associate Professor of Engineering () or Mary Muchane, Assistant Provost for Scholarly Development () with questions.