The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) is an excellent opportunity for all early-career graduate students in STEM fields, including the social sciences. This prestigious fellowship offers a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), and opportunities for international […]
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Proposal Writing in the Humanities: Addressing Your Research Methods and Framework
When applying for external funding, graduate students in the humanities often find it difficult to explain complex theoretical or methodological frameworks. After spending time on their work, their academic silos, they find it difficult to explain their research approach to scholars outside of their fields. However, the ability to articulate your research methods is important […]
Featured Funder: Garden Club of America
Our Featured Funders series is designed to help you learn about important funders that support graduate research and education. The Garden Club of America offers 28 merit-based fellowships and grants to support graduate work in 12 different areas ranging from botany, wetlands research, desert research and urban forestry. The deadlines a typically in late January […]
Featured Fellowship: ACOR-CAORC Fellowships
Featured Fellowships are important graduate awards that you may not know about but should. The ACOR-CAORC graduate fellowships will provide support to students who are working on Near Eastern Studies topics. You can learn more about the fellowship here. The deadline to apply is February 1. If you would like help with an application, […]
Using GradFund Over the Course of Your Graduate Study (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Database. The project I proposed during GradFund’s Summer […]
Applying for History Research and Travel Grants
At GradFund, we offer graduate students and post-doc scholars alike, guidance and advice for applying to different types of external funding. Most students know about the Fulbright-Hays fellowships, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and the Ford Foundation Fellowships. However, there are many smaller awards for research and travel that are also available to students […]
Is Archival Research Right for Me? (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. A lot of funding for humanities graduate […]
STEM Proposals: Is the Science Sufficient?
As engineers, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, or computer scientists, we have a propensity to get caught up in our work. Because Science! When our work is rejected or criticized, we ask questions about how we can improve it. I write from experience as I type this: sometimes the critique is about the scientist as much as it […]
Finding Conference/Travel Grant Awards for Humanities
Photo by Benjamin Voros on Unsplash One of the best opportunities for graduate students to build a professional network, and meet other people in and out your respective fields, is by attending conferences. These annual gatherings of professionals happen in different cities around the world, where you can present your work and make lasting impressions on scholars and […]
Projecting into the Future: How to Plan for the Next Phase of Research (Advice from the Archives)
Advice from the Archives Series Note: Occasionally, we dig into the archives to uncover a post we feel holds relevant and timely information worthy of a repost. If you are interested in learning more about research grants and fellowships to support your graduate study, be sure to visit the GradFund Knowledgebase. Hello GradFund Conversations readers! Planning for the […]