Writing Proposals for International Dissertation Research Grants

Date: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Berkey Hall Rm. 457

A Graduate Student Workshop on Writing Proposals for International Dissertation Research Grants: Focus on SSRC-ACLS IDRF, Spring Title VI DDRA, & Other 2020 Deadlines

{Just in: MSU grad students won 6 DDRA awards in 2019!!}

A two-hour Workshop (open to all MSU grad students – no preregistration)

 Note: The SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) deadline is Nov 7.   DDRA expects spring 2020 deadline.

This two-hour workshop is open to all students gratis. These workshops are a substitute for the International Social Science Research Seminar normally offered each fall semester.

Open to all MSU graduate students - US and foreign –planning to write proposals for funding dissertation or pre-dissertation research abroad for deadlines in 2019 or 2020 - especially the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad, NSF, SSRC-IDRF, and Ford Minority Fellowships

Free at the workshop:

  • Funding Catalog for Graduate Student International Research
  • Handout: "Secrets of Writing Winning Proposals"
  • Advice from MSU graduate students who have won  these awards
  • Writing proposals for 2018-19 deadlines for national & local grants
  • Developing proposals for the dissertation or pre-dissertation grants

 

Workshop Agenda

  • Finding sources of funding for pre-dissertation and dissertation research using MSU Library resources and the worldwide web
  • Deadlines for application in 2019-2020
  • Proposal strategies: Understanding the proposal process in national competitions and maximizing your chances for success
  • “What makes a winning proposal?”: Comments by MSU faculty reviewers  who served on national reviewing panels and grad students who have won these nationally competitive awards

 

For more information contact: Prof. Wiley at (wiley@msu.edu) (517-332-0333)

or Prof. Bresnahan (bresnaha@msu.edu) (517-974-9640)

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