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 […]
About GradFund
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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 […]
Using GradFund Over the Course of Your Graduate Study
The project I proposed during GradFund’s Summer Mentoring Program in 2009 is not exactly the dissertation I’ll be defending this summer, but it— and the work I continued to do with GradFund over the next six years— shaped that dissertation and the course of my graduate career. Even as one of the few incoming grad […]
How to Write a 500-Word Application
Often funders will set low word count limits for essay within grant or fellowship applications. It eases the organization’s review process, but puts applicants in a bind. How do you sum up potentially years of complex field specific data into a clear and concise 500-word essay? My points below are drawn from my experience with the Hall Rothman […]
Meet Our Ford Fellows: Carolyn Ureña
Series Note: This year, three Rutgers graduate students have been awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for 2016-2017. Read on to learn more about Carolyn Ureña’s research, commitment to diversity, and her thoughts on working as a Fellowship Advisor at GradFund. A Fellowship Advisor’s Perspective As a graduate student I started taking advantage of […]
Meet Our Ford Fellows: Rosemary Ndubuizu
Series Note: This year, three Rutgers graduate students have been awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for 2016-2017. Read on to learn more about Rosemary Ndubuizu’s research, her thoughts on diversity, as well as her thoughts on community. Hi! My name is Rosemary Ndubuizu. I am a sixth year PhD candidate in Women’s […]
Meet Our Ford Fellows: Dara Walker
Series Note: This year, three Rutgers graduate students have been awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for 2016-2017. Read on to learn more about Dara Walker’s research, commitment to diversity, and her thoughts on working with GradFund. As a native of Washington, D.C., I attended a public high school just five blocks away from […]