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Curious about how AI might support your fellowship writing process—or whether it’s right for you at all? Join RIO’s Donna Axel for a 30-minute kickoffÌýto the Fall Fellowship Cycle. Learn how this flexible, a la carte series works, what to expect, and how to choose the workshops that best match your goals and comfort level with AI. Perfect for first-timers and returning participants alike. The session will feature a Q&A format with brief, live AI demonstrations.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When: Register for ONE:

  • Monday, July 21: 1pm-1:30pm

  • Wednesday, July 23: 2pm-2:30pm

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Explore how generative AI tools can help you get started—and keep going—on your fellowship proposal. This session introduces practical strategies for using AI to draft compelling narratives while maintaining your scholarly voice and intellectual ownership. Learn how to design effective prompts, refine AI-generated content, and use AI as a creative partner—not a decision-maker. RIO’s Donna Axel will share tips to ensure you’re guiding the process, not ceding judgment, and using AI to enhance—not supplant—your expertise.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When: Tues., July 29: 11am-Noon

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Prefer a traditional approach? This session breaks down the categories, requirements, and evaluation criteria for major Fall fellowships—without AI. RIO’s Donna Axel will guide you through interpreting fellowship instructions, aligning your proposal with reviewer expectations, and using proven strategies from successful applications.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When: Thurs., July 31: 3pm-4pm

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Want to use AI to decode complex fellowship instructions? This session shows you how—while helping you avoid common missteps. Learn how to use AI to analyze application guidelines, identify key requirements and evaluation criteria, and begin structuring your proposal accordingly. RIO’s Donna Axel will share practical strategies for using AI to clarify and organize—but not oversimplify—your proposal. Axel takes seriously the limitations of AI. This session emphasizes how to use AI to support your understanding without replacing your critical judgment.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When: Fri., Aug. 1: 11am-Noon

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You’ve got a solid draft—now what? This session explores how AI can serve as a creative partner to help you elevate your proposal. Learn how to use AI to simulate reviewer feedback, polish your language, and re-engage with your draft in fresh and motivating ways. Discover how AI can spark new ideas and help ensure your narrative aligns with all required elements and reflects the sponsor’s vision and goals. RIO’s Donna Axel emphasizes using AI as a tool for inspiration—not substitution—so that your voice, vision, and scholarly judgment remain at the center of the process. Register for one or both.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When:

  • Thurs., Sept. 4: 11am-Noon

  • Fri., Sept. 5: 11am-Noon

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Maximize your effort by learning how to adapt your already-strong proposal for multiple fellowship opportunities. This session covers strategies for repurposing content with AI assistance—while avoiding overreliance. RIO’s Donna Axel will demonstrate ways AI can help identify reusable components for different funders…and points out places to be cautious. This session focuses on the ethical and practical limitations of AI in reusing, repurposing, and recycling proposals, with an emphasis on using AI as a ³Ù´Ç´Ç±ôÌýfor inspiration and efficiency—not as a substitute for your scholarly judgment.ÌýRegister for one or all.

• Who: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship
• When:

  • Tues., Oct. 14: 2pm-3pm

  • Tues., Oct. 21: 3pm-4pm

  • Wed., Oct. 29: 3pm-4pm

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Facilitated by RIO’s Donna Axel, this small-group peer editing workshop offers faculty the opportunity to receive and provide feedback in a supportive, collegial setting. Each group will consist of 2–5 faculty members and meet for approximately 1.5 to 2 hours via Zoom.

One week prior to the session, participants will exchange drafts and provide written comments using the categories, requirements, and review criteria for that specific fellowship/sponsor. During the workshop, faculty will discuss the feedback they received, ask clarifying questions, and explore ways to strengthen their proposals.

• Who: T/TT Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences faculty applying for a Fall fellowship (planning to write a book/article)
• When: Date and time to be determined by each faculty group
• Where: Zoom
• Availability: Faculty may participate in up to 2 peer editing workshops.

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Donna Axel will review the draft proposals up to two times for the first 20 to sign up.

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