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Notes from a Writer's Desk: So You Want to Apply for a Research Fellowship Next Fall

Type: Grant Writing

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Description: You’ve reached the point in your PhD program where the next step is to conduct dissertation research domestically or abroad. In this piece, I’d like to provide advice for what you can do this summer to prepare to apply for research fellowships, many of whose deadlines are in the fall. Starting early—particularly with your thought process—can...

Proposal Writing Advice

Type: Grant Writing

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Description: The GradFund Blog has current advice and insights on best practices in applying for research support, written by the GradFund Fellowship Advising Team.

On the Art of Writing Proposals

Type: Grant Writing

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Description: Writing proposals for research funding is a peculiar facet of North American academic culture, and as with all things cultural, its attributes rise only partly into public consciousness. A proposal’s overt function is to persuade a committee of scholars that the project shines with the three kinds of merit all disciplines value, namely, conceptual innovation, methodological rigor,...

University of Michigan Proposal Writers' Guide

Type: Grant Writing

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Description: The Office of Research Development team at the University of Michigan strives to connect researchers to resources and increase its investigators’ competitiveness in obtaining extramural research funding.

UC Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office's "Resources for Writing Proposals"

Type: Grant Writing

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Michigan State University Library's 'Grants and Related Resources'

Type: Grant Resource

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Description: MSU Libraries is a member of Candid's (formerly the Foundation Center) Funding Information Network (FIN). FIN Partner Libraries provide access to and/or training in using Candid's premier database for identifying grant opportunities and potential funders,...

American Political Science Grants

Type: Grant Resource

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Description: The American Political Science Association awards grants, fellowships, and scholarships with the aim of advancing education and research in political science. These include grants to support scholarly research, grants to support civic engagement programming, collaborative projects on teaching political science, and research projects aimed at having real-world impact on pressing issues, and more...