Every person has a distinct challenge when it comes to defining their relationship with writing. To me, it’s the beginning (i.e., starting to write) that causes the most resistance and anxiety. When I have to start writing a document, everything but writing gains a sense of urgency. The sudden desire to clean my apartment, organize […]
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How to Write a 500-Word Application (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Often funders will set low word count […]
Projecting into the Future: How to Plan for the Next Phase of Research (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Hello GradFund Conversations readers! Planning for the […]
2016 Ford Fellows Roundtable: Advice for Applicants (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Series note: Building on our recent profiling of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Ford Fellows at […]
2016 Ford Fellows Roundtable: What It Means to Be A Ford Fellow (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Series note: Building on our recent profiling of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Ford Fellows at […]
2016 Ford Fellows Roundtable: What is Diversity? (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Series note: Building on our recent profiling of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Ford Fellows at […]
Interactions between Bacteria and Fungi
This post is part of a series of blog posts written by incoming and second-year graduate students in the Early Graduate Fellowship Mentoring Program. Students were asked to provide a brief description of their research interests and how they came to those interests. My interest in my current research, fungal innate immunity, began back in […]
Tips for Success in the Fulbright Competition (Roundup Post) – Part Three
Series Note: We have previously published a number of posts on the Fulbright competition on the GradFund blog, all of which offer useful tips and suggestions to help you craft a strong application. In light of the upcoming application period (our on-campus deadline this year is September 1), we have compiled this roundup post series, […]
US-Mexico Border Land Use Impacts on Evaporative Fraction and Rainfall
This post is part of a series of blog posts written by incoming and second-year graduate students in the Early Graduate Fellowship Mentoring Program. Students were asked to provide a brief description of their research interests and how they came to those interests. Some days it seems as if the United States is the entire […]
Being/Living/Creating: Disability Studies and the Arts
This post is part of a series of blog posts written by incoming and second-year graduate students in the Early Graduate Fellowship Mentoring Program. Students were asked to provide a brief description of their research interests and how they came to those interests. My research explores ways of being and living as or in our […]