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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.

Guest Blog Post Series: Enabling Multi-Country Fieldwork with Funding

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

PhD candidate in Sociology at Rutgers University, Niina Vuolajarvi who works on the connections between migration, sex work, and precarity, describes her research and experience with external funding and provides students with advice on how to apply for fellowships and awards.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Cross Stage Support, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Fulbright, Humanities, International Students, Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: advice, fellowship application, fieldwork, international research, international students, success stories

Guest Blog Post Series: Success Comes with a Second Set of Eyes

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

In this post, Rutgers History Department’s Ph.D. student Bren Sutter explains how receiving feedback from a trusted friend or colleague on your application materials help your narrative to be clearer and more convincing.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Revise, Success Stories Tagged With: fellowship application, Seeking and Receiving Feedback

Guest Blog Post Series: Grant Applications, Archival Research and Developing a Strong Dissertation Project

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

In this post, a graduate student in the Department of History at Rutgers, Catherine Babikian, describes how applying for grants and fellowships allowed her to carry the necessary archival research to complete her dissertation.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Humanities, Predissertation, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Revise, Success Stories Tagged With: archival research, humanities funding

Title: Guest Blog Post Series: Grant Writing as Dissertation Writing – Advice from an Archival Researcher

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

Theater researcher, Nicole Sheriko, describes how applying for external funding has enabled her to advance her research and provides advice for other graduate students applying for grants and fellowships.

Filed Under: Advice, Archive, Cross Stage Support, Dissertation Research/Writing, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: ACLS/Mellon, applying for multiple awards, humanities funding

Guest Blog Post Series: Applying for the GRFP from the NSF

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

In this post Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Kathryn Coniglio, describes her experience applying for the NSF GRFP and talks about the importance of signposting in your application to guide reviewers through your statements.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Dissertation Research, Early Graduate, Funder and Award Spotlight, Predissertation, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: advice for early graduate students, NSF-GRFP, social sciences

Guest Blog Post Series: Do Your Best and Ignore the Rest: My Advice for Navigating Fellowship Applications

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

Are you in the earlier stages of your Ph.D. program and planning to apply for external funding? In this post Graduate Student, Amanda Williams provides students with advice on how to manage several applications during your pre-dissertation years.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Biological Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Dissertation Research, Planning When to Apply, Predissertation, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Success Stories Tagged With: advice for early graduate students, NSF-GRFP, STEM, writing advice

Guest Blog Post Series: My Funding Journey… from Ph.D. to Postdoc

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

Anna Giarratana, a physician-scientist in training in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Princeton University MD/Ph.D. program narrates her experience applying for external funding

Filed Under: Announcements, Biological Sciences, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Fulbright, Postdoctoral, Success Stories Tagged With: biological sciences, Fulbright, postdoctoral fellowships, STEM

GradFund Virtual Drop-in Hour – Friday, October 2nd at 11am

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Teresa M. Delcorso-Ellmann

Do you have a question about an external fellowship or grant opportunity that does not require a full GradFund appointment?   Stop by our virtual GradFund Fellowship Advisor Drop-in Hour to briefly meet with a GradFund advisor.  There will not be scheduled meeting times during drop in hours and students will be assigned to an advisor on […]

Filed Under: Announcements

Guest Blog Post Series: Rutgers’ One Stop for Preparing Competitive Fellowship Application

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

Are you a Ph.D. student in a scientific field applying for funding? In this post, Vrushank Bhatt writes about his research on lung cancer and his journey in applying for funding.

Filed Under: Announcements, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Dissertation Research, Proposal Writing Advice, Success Stories Tagged With: science fellowships, STEM

Guest Blog Post Series: Give Yourself Enough Time

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez Beltran

In this post, NIH F31 awardee Laura Lesnewich briefly shares her steps and recommendations for applying for research funding.

Filed Under: Announcements, Dissertation Research, Predissertation, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral, Social Sciences, Success Stories Tagged With: advice for early graduate students, predissertation, predissertation research, social sciences

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