Consortium Meeting

Consortium Meeting

Monthly Partner Meetings withWhat's New, What's Next & a Deep Dive
We gather on the first Wednesday of every month, except holidays, from 1-2pm Central Time.

Next Meeting: August 6, 2025

See videos of prior meetings

  • What’s New?
  • Deep Dive
  • What’s Next?

Email Scott Pearson to request an invitation. It’s an open meeting!

Slides from Prior Meetings

  1. July 2025: Inconsistencies in Publication Wrangling
  2. June 2025: Handling “Special” Figures
  3. March 2025: Collaborations on Publications
  4. February 2025: All About MeSH Terms
  5. January 2025: REDCap Logic
  6. December 2024: Data Cleaning
  7. November 2024: Visualizing Publications
  8. October 2024: Creating a Self-Signup Flight Tracker
  9. September 2024: Pearls of Publication Wrangling
  10. August 2024: Unpacking Cohorts
  11. July 2024: The Scholar Portal
  12. June 2024: Sending Flight Tracker Surveys
  13. May 2024: Exporting Useful REDCap Reports
  14. March 2024: Maximizing Value on a New Project
  15. February 2024: Tricks of Publication Wrangling
  16. January 2024: Crowdsourcing Implementation
  17. December 2023: Slicing & Dicing with Cohorts
  18. November 2023: Profiling a Group of Scholars
  19. October 2023: Getting Ready to Send Surveys
  20. September 2023: Name Matching – The Tough Cases
  21. August 2023: Scholar Portal Coming Soon
  22. June 2023: Scholar Follow-Up After They Leave
  23. May 2023: Multiple Flight Trackers
  24. April 2023: Cohorts / Filters / Sub-Groups
  25. March 2023: NIH Training Tables
  26. February 2023: All About Grants & the *NEW* Grant Wrangler
  27. January 2023: The Metrics of Mentoring
  28. December 2022: REDCap Forms for Flight Tracker
  29. November 2022: Uploading CSVs
  30. October 2022: REDCap Reports
  31. September 2022: Profiling a Group of Scholars
  32. August 2022: NIH Training Tables
  33. July 2022: ERIC Publications & Getting Started
  34. June 2022: NSF/NASA Grants & Publication Wrangler
  35. May 2022: Miscellaneous Updates
  36. April 2022: Federal RePORTER & Feature Switches
  37. March 2022: Miscellaneous Updates, Financial ROI
  38. February 2022: Mentee-Mentor Agreements
  39. January 2022: National Mentoring Month
  40. November 2021: Public Access Compliance & an Example Report
  41. October 2021: Open Q & A
  42. September 2021: Publication Impact Scores, CTSA Common Metrics, and Hazard Plots
  43. July 2021: Mid-Year Review
  44. June 2021: CTSA Common Metrics and Kaplan-Meier Curves
  45. May 2021: Patents and Cohort Projects
  46. April 2021: NIH RePORTER Updates
  47. March 2021: Internal Data Sharing
  48. February 2021: What’s New & What’s Next?
  49. January 2021: Ten New Year’s Resolutions
  50. December 2020: What Makes Careers Advance? Turning Flight Tracker into Research
  51. November 2020: Visualizing and Simplifying Your Data
  52. October 2020: Custom Mentoring Agreements
  53. September 2020: Publications and Bibliometrics
  54. August 2020: Miscellaneous
  55. July 2020: Spreading the Word about Flight Tracker At Your Institution
  56. Mentoring, Resources, and Feedback
  57. Advanced Configurations
  58. Ongoing Use and External Data-Sharing
  59. Reporting and NIH Tables
  60. Publication Wrangling
  61. Interpretation of Individuals, Population, and Sub-Groups
  62. Emails, Surveys, and Internal Data-Sharing
  63. Handling Grants
  64. Getting Started
Questions
Email the Edge team at info@edgeforscholars.org
upcoming Consortium Meeting events [ view all events ]
Grant Pacing Workshop F (December Submission)
August 11, 2025 | 9:00 am (In-Person) Ms. Melissa Krasnove & Dr. Todd Edwards | 2525 West End, 6 Floor boardroom
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Spending Wisely
August 20, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Bob Coffey
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Faculty Life
Doing Research
Early career faculty
Introduction to VICTR Resources
August 27, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Lesa Black
EFS Seminar
Doing Research
Pre/Post Doc
Staying on Top of the Literature
September 10, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Mr. Alex Carroll
EFS Seminar
Productivity
Pre/Post Doc
What Biostatisticians Wish You Knew
September 17, 2025 | 12:00 pm TBA
EFS Seminar
Doing Research
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Resilience
October 22, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Bertha Hidalgo
EFS Seminar
Faculty Life
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Industry Collaborations
November 12, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Sean Collins
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Edge Review Survey of Intent Due (February NIH Deadline)
November 13, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Lessons Learned While Building a Career
November 19, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Bill Heerman
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Faculty Life
Writing & Publishing
Mentoring
Doing Research
Management & Leadership
Networking & Collaboration
Early career faculty
Using Artificial Intelligence Intelligently
December 3, 2025 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Panel
EFS Seminar
Doing Research
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Edge Review Materials Due (February NIH Deadline)
December 4, 2025 | 5:00 pm Must have submitted survey of intent by November 13
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Grant Pacing Workshop F (April Submission)
January 12, 2026 | 9:00 am (In-Person) Ms. Melissa Krasnove & Dr. Todd Edwards | 2525 West End, 1040
Grant Pacing Workshop
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Mentoring Postdocs
January 21, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Panel
EFS Seminar
Mentoring
Early career faculty
RCR
Mentoring Predocs
January 28, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Panel
EFS Seminar
Mentoring
Early career faculty
RCR
Media Training
February 4, 2026 | 12:00 pm Mr. Craig Boerner
EFS Seminar
Communication
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Negotiating Your First Position
February 11, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Dr. Bill Cooper
EFS Seminar
Job Search
Pre/Post Doc
Diversifying Funding: PCORI and Gift Funding
March 4, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Panel
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Edge Review Survey of Intent Due (June NIH Deadline)
March 19, 2026 | 5:00 pm
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Inside Study Section
April 8, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) Panel
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Pre/Post Doc
Edge Review Materials Due (June NIH Deadline)
April 9, 2026 | 5:00 pm Must have submitted survey of intent by March 19
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Keys to Academic Success
April 29, 2026 | 12:00 pm (Virtual) TBA
EFS Seminar
Grants & Funding
Faculty Life
Writing & Publishing
Productivity
Communication
Mentoring
Doing Research
Management & Leadership
Networking & Collaboration
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Edge Review Survey of Intent Due (October NIH Deadline)
July 23, 2026 | 5:00 pm
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Edge Review Materials Due (October NIH Deadline)
August 13, 2026 | 5:00 pm Must have submitted survey of intent by July 23
Edge Review
Pre/Post Doc
Early career faculty
Mid career faculty
Senior faculty
Testimonials
Success
Dr. Julia Sheffield

Assistant Professor

Department
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Psychology
Award Type
  • R01 Recipient
EFS Programs Used
Dr. McKenzie Roddy

Assistant Professor

Department
Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health
Award Type
  • K23
EFS Programs Used
Dr. Megan Lancaster

Instructor

Department
Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Award Type
  • K08
EFS Programs Used
Dr. Jeff Freiberg

Assistant Professor

Department
Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Award Type
  • K08 Recipient
EFS Programs Used



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