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How (NOT) to Write a SEAD Grant

January 16, 2026

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Date: January 16, 2026
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Zoom

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ICAT invites members of the Virginia Tech faculty community to participate in an interactive Zoom workshop to learn about and answer questions related to ICAT’s Call for Major SEAD Grants. During the first 30 minutes,  we will discuss the call for proposals, critical aspects for a successful proposal, examples of showstoppers that ICAT will not fund along with some suggestions about how they might be made fundable, and expectations of funded projects. During the remainder of the workshop, we will answer participants' particular questions about their SEAD grant proposals.