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Proposal Writing Advice

Proposal Writing Advice

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

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

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 Fellowship Advisor

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 Fellowship Advisor

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 Fellowship Advisor

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: Rutgers’ One Stop for Preparing Competitive Fellowship Application

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

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: How Fellowships Are Helping Me Prepare for A Career In Biomedical Research

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

How can graduate students improve their external funding applications? Nisha Singh, a Ph.D. candidate in Molecular Biosciences, recommends starting early and asking for feedback.

Filed Under: Advice, Announcements, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Dissertation Research, Proposal Writing Advice, Revise, Success Stories Tagged With: biological sciences, STEM

Guest Blog Post Series: It is Worth Applying Twice

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Fellowship Advisor

Trying to decide if you should reapply for that fellowship or award? Tamar Lichter, Ph.D. student in Mathematics at Rutgers provides you with a few reasons why you should try again.

Filed Under: Announcements, Cross Stage Support, Early Graduate, Funder and Award Spotlight, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral, Proposal Writing Advice, Success Stories Tagged With: Funder Spotlight, NSF-GRFP

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

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

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