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Funder and Award Spotlight

Funder and Award Spotlight

Personal Statements: Crafting Your Intellectual Biography

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Kelsey Bitting

Fellowships and scholarships are structured as financial investments in an individual scholar, rather than a specific research project or scholarly endeavor. As such, applications for these types of awards often require a personal statement or personal essay of some sort that presents your intellectual biography as a scholar. Striking the appropriate tone and including the […]

Filed Under: Funder and Award Spotlight, Proposal Writing Advice Tagged With: AAUW, NSF, Personal Statement

Improvement: The “I” in the NSF DD(R)IG

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Kelsey Bitting

NSF Doctoral Dissertation (Research) Improvement Grants- DD(R)IGs- are available in various fields of the sciences and social sciences to support dissertation research costs. While the specific requirements and submission details vary somewhat from one field to another, these awards are all intended to support the improvement of an existing dissertation project and its ultimate scholarly […]

Filed Under: Biological Sciences, Dissertation Research, Funder and Award Spotlight, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, Proposal Writing Advice, Social Sciences Tagged With: NSF

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