One of the most important practices in good grant writing is editing. A first draft is very rarely perfect, and the best writers spend time editing and re-writing their work. Even if you come from a discipline where writing is not a primary focus, you can use the below tips to help you to figure […]
Welcome to the GradFund Blog
Welcome to the GradFund Blog
Meet Our Ford Fellows: Jasmin Young
Series Note: Building on our recent profiling of the 2016-2017 Ford Fellows at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, we are pleased to launch a new feature to our blog, video posts by our successful students who will share with you their thoughts and perspectives on applying for fellowships and grants and the impact that the awards have […]
Six Years, Four Points: Advice on Grant Writing
As soon as I got to graduate school, I began to feel the pressure to get external funding for my research. When I started my program, however, finding, deciding to apply, and then putting together an application seemed like an arduous, complex, and unnecessary process to me. In my first year, I remember having a conversation […]
What’s New on the GradFund Website?
We’ve been developing a number of new and exciting features for the GradFund website. With this post, I would like to profile two new features: Ask a Fellowship Advisor and GradFund Conversations Forums. Both of these features expand our capacity to interact with you on-line to share information, advice and answer questions. Ask a Fellowship […]
Top Five GradFund Myths
GradFund services are very popular with Rutgers graduate students. We help students across the disciplines identify and apply for extramural, honorific fellowships and grants. Each year we work one-on-one with over 400 students And yet, when I speak with graduate students, I am surprised by how many misconceptions there are. So, in this post, I […]
The GradFund Fellowship Advising Team
In my last post, I shared with you an overview of the services offered by the Office of Graduate Student External Fellowships and Grants and GradFund. In today’s post, I would like to introduce you to the talented Fellowship Advising Team. The GradFund Fellowship Advising Team consists of 17 post docs and graduate students who work […]
An Update on GradFund Services and Consultations
As the academic year begins, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you news about GradFund services. We have had a busy summer and are excited to share with you the launch of many new initiatives this fall. This summer, we launched a new booking process for our individual meetings and expanded […]
Getting to Know GradFund: An Introduction and Update
As the academic year begins, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you news about GradFund services. We have had a busy summer and are excited to share with you the launch of many new initiatives this fall. If you have used GradFund Services in the past, you will find that we […]
Is Archival Research Right for Me?
Archival Research in the Humanities Series Note: A lot of funding for humanities graduate work is tied to travel for research, so pursuing archival research can open up opportunities to apply for funding to support pre-dissertation and dissertation research. And, of course, archival research can lead you to deepen and expand your project in meaningful […]
Applying for Grants and Fellowships as an International Student – Part Two
Series note: The following post is the second installment in the Applying for Grants and Fellowships as an International Student series. Click here to read Part One. Confronted with the challenging situation of having limited external funding options to support their graduate career and research, international students often come to believe in certain myths that hold them […]