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Guest Blog Post Series: Humanities Fellowships: Pre-drafting Advice and How to Begin

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Recent Ph.D. Caro Pirri shares her experiences and approach to applying for external funding, and how she made use of GradFund services to create competitive materials.

Filed Under: About GradFund, Announcements, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Success Stories Tagged With: narrative, review criteria, writing for multiple audiences

Title: Guest Blog Post Series: Reflections from a Recent Ph.D., Part II

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Rafael Vizcaíno, Ph.D. in Comparative Literature shares his experiences applying for external funding in graduate school, and his recommendations for other graduate students who are planning or are already in the process of applying.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Dissertation Research/Writing, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Success Stories Tagged With: humanities funding, success stories

Title: Guest Blog Post Series: Reflections from a Recent Ph.D., Part I

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Rafael Vizcaíno, Ph.D. in Comparative Literature shares his experiences applying for external funding in graduate school, and his recommendations for other graduate students who are planning or already in the process of applying.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Success Stories Tagged With: humanities funding, success stories

Guest Blog Post Series: How to Structure a Dissertation Research Grant Proposal

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Ph.D. history student and winner of the SSRC International Research fellowship offers advice on what goes into a dissertation research proposal.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Dissertation Research, Dissertation Research/Writing, Dissertation WritingCompletion, Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Success Stories, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: dissertation research, grant application, proposal structure, proposal writing, student perspectives

The Power of Specificity: How to Incorporate Expertise Into your Grantwriting

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

This post looks at ways to emphasize what is unique about your academic and scholarly background in your grant applications, instead of relying on generalized statements.

Filed Under: Announcements, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: describing your work, experience, previous research

Applying for Interdisciplinary Awards in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

This post explores a few ways to approach the concept of ‘interdisciplinarity’ while applying for funding in the humanities and social sciences.

Filed Under: Announcements, Cross Stage Support, Humanities, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences Tagged With: diversity, interdisciplinary funders, writing for multiple audiences

The Personal is Political…and Fundable? Navigating the personal and the academic in funding applications

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

This post provides some tips for finding the most effective ways to select and present personal narratives within funding applications.

Filed Under: Advice, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences, Stage of Study, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: advice, integrating funding applications into your graduate career, Personal Statement

Why You Should Apply to a Postdoctoral Fellowship

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

This blog post wants to show that there is value in exploring the possibility of applying to postdoctoral fellowships.

Filed Under: Announcements, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Disciplinary Focus, Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Postdoctoral, Postgraduate, Social Sciences, Understanding Award Types, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: postdoctoral, postdoctoral fellowships

I’m an international student, what awards can I apply for? Part II

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

In this second post on awards for international students, we expand the scope to think about a diverse amount of examples of external funding opportunities that are open to both US citizens and non-citizens.

Filed Under: Advice, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Disciplinary Focus, Humanities, International Students, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: international students, types of awards

I’m an international student, what awards can I apply for? Part I

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Do not miss funding opportunities available for you as an international student! This post highlights many fellowships and grants available for international graduate students.

Filed Under: Advice, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Cross Stage Support, Disciplinary Focus, Humanities, International Students, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences, Visual, Performing and Creative Arts Tagged With: international students

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