• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Log in

  • About
    • The GradFund Team
    • Success Stories
  • Advice
    • Blog
    • Planning When to Apply
    • Proposal Writing Advice
  • Fellowships and Grants
    • Search for Fellowships and Grants
    • SGS Managed Awards
    • SGS Competitive Awards
  • Resources
    • GradFund Self-Paced Guide to Grants and Fellowships
    • Research Development Support
    • Funding Directories
  • Questions
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contact Us
  • Meet With Us

Welcome to the GradFund Blog

Welcome to the GradFund Blog

Follow the GradFund Blog for current advice and insights on best practices in applying for research support, written by the GradFund Fellowship Advising Team.

Early Graduate Fellowship Mentoring Program

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Teresa M. Delcorso-Ellmann

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” global_module=”28736″][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” global_parent=”28736″ background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” header_fullscreen=”off” header_scroll_down=”off” background_color=”#cc0033″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” content_orientation=”center” image_orientation=”center” custom_button_one=”off” button_one_letter_spacing=”0″ button_one_use_icon=”default” button_one_icon_placement=”right” button_one_on_hover=”on” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ custom_button_two=”off” button_two_letter_spacing=”0″ button_two_use_icon=”default” button_two_icon_placement=”right” button_two_on_hover=”on” button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ logo_image_url=”https://gradfund.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GSNB_Shield.png” logo_alt_text=”Rutgers – Graduate School New Brunswick” custom_css_logo=”float: left;||padding-right: 15px;||height: 70px;||” custom_css_main_element=”padding-left: […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

How to Revise and Resubmit an Unsuccessful Funding Application (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. So you’ve just received that envelope or email […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Proposal Writing Advice Tagged With: facing rejection, revision tips

Securing Small Grants: Strategies and Benefits (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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 Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Cross Stage Support, Dissertation Research, Success Stories, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: Critical Language Enhancement Award, small grants and fellowships

Applying for Funding as an ESL or EFL Student

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Fellowship Advisor

  There is no such thing as knowing too many languages! As someone who began to communicate in English on a daily basis only as a young adult and who learned ancient languages through English (a language that was not my own), I can say that I still live through the pleasures and anxieties that […]

Filed Under: International Students, Proposal Writing Advice Tagged With: diversity, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language

On Fieldwork & Funding – Part Two (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Dissertation Research, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: American Institute of Indian Studies, fieldwork

On Fieldwork & Funding – Part One (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Dissertation Research, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories, Understanding Award Types Tagged With: American Institute of Indian Studies, fieldwork, India

A Bronx Approach to Research and Funding (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Planning When to Apply, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: Anthropology, international research

Fulbright, Greece, and GradFund (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. Success Stories Series Editor’s Note: This post […]

Filed Under: Advice from The Archives, Humanities, Success Stories Tagged With: Classics, Fulbright

Knowing the “When?” (Roundup Post)

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Fellowship Advisor

Graduate students have many things to juggle simultaneously, and one of the biggest struggles is to know what one should be doing at what point. Because each graduate program is different, each graduate student has to be aware of different timelines and stages. But no matter if you are in your first year or in […]

Filed Under: Dissertation Research, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Planning When to Apply, Predissertation

First Steps in Revising (Advice from the Archives)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Carolyn Ureña

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. One of the most important practices in […]

Filed Under: Proposal Writing Advice Tagged With: revision tips

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 18
  • Go to page 19
  • Go to page 20
  • Go to page 21
  • Go to page 22
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 37
  • Go to Next Page »

Search Awards

Make an Appointment →

Get personalized help finding funding and writing applications

Founded in 2000, GradFund’s mission is to assist Rutgers graduate students in securing merit-based research grants and fellowships to support their graduate study and research. Read about our history and approach to working with graduate students. Learn more →

Copyright © 2025 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. All rights reserved. Log in