Finding Funding Opportunities and Creating Timelines Presented by: Hannah Merley, Prevention Science Ph.D student, [email protected] Graduate Support

Finding Funding Opportunities and Creating Timelines

Presented by: Hannah Merley, Prevention Science Ph.D student, [email protected]

Graduate Support Coordinator at the Office of Grant and Research Development

Why should you apply for funding at the graduate stage?

• Experience


• Experience

• Prestige


• Experience

• Prestige

• Get your snowball started


• Experience

• Prestige

• Get your snowball started

• Extra funding

Funding Sources

Federal

Foundations

State/Local

Professional Associations

Business/Industry

First Three years of Graduate School:

New Graduate Student Fellowships (NGFs)

Characterized by: Yearly stipend, tuition and health insurance coverage, possible international travel funding.

Some Common Agencies: The Ford Foundation Predoctoral, NSF GRFP, NDSEG, Hertz

Preparation:

• Must apply for NGFs during first couple months of graduate school

• Short essays: 1-3 months of editing

• Letters of reference

• New Graduate Student Prestigious Fellowship Workshop

Throughout Graduate School:

• Travel funding*

• Research funding grants*

• Awards and Conferences*

*Funding for these needs is available through both internal and external sources

Preparation:

• a minimum of three months• join professional associations immediately• familiarize yourself with departmental endowment grants, the graduate school, and the GPSA• begin searching through pivot.cos.com• application procedures vary

Throughout Graduate School:

• Internships*• Research Assistantship (RA) • Teaching Assistantship (TA)*

*Funding for these needs is available through both internal and external sources

Preparation:

GA, RA, TA- • Check with your department • Call through the list of opportunities on the graduate school website • Check with departments that you received great grades in as an undergraduate • Contact Hannah Merley (me) Internship- • Check external and internal sources

Dissertation Funding:

Many different types:• Dissertation Planning• Dissertation Research• Dissertation Writing• A MixCharacterized by:Funding for either research or stipend or both (check requirements), may include travel/a variety of expenditures in budget

Preparation:

One year of writing and editing!!!• Letters of reference• Lengthy, 20+ page, single-spaced proposal• 6 pages of references• Approved budget (remember your departmental contact from the first couple slides!)

There are many sources of dissertation funding and you may be able to apply for more than one. You should start looking now.

Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Very similar to graduate student fellowships, except there are more of them, and thus, they are more subject specific. Start your search now!

Preparation:

• a minimum of three months

• curriculum vitae

• short summary of research interests

• letters of reference

Throughout your career as a graduate student and a faculty member:

Prestigious Scholarships- such as Fulbright, Boren, Pickering, and Rhodes

Characterized by:Stipend to live in another country and teach, do research, or even just learn another language.

Preparation:

Six months to a year of essay drafts. According to Sarah Ann Hones, your contact for these opportunities, the average winner goes through eight drafts.

Contact: Sarah Ann Hones, Director of Distinguished Scholarships, CUE 303-D, 509-335-8239, [email protected]

USE SEARCH RESULTS TO CREATE A TIMELINE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO APPLY TO AND THE SPECIFIC, CYCLICAL FUNDING

DEADLINES FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHICH YOU ARE QUALIFIEDExample: 1st semester- apply to Ford, NSF, and NDSEG new graduate fellowships2nd semester- apply to internal endowment grants and the GPSA research grant, revise failed fellowship proposals3rd -4th semester- apply to travel funding and NIH fellowship5th semester- begin working on dissertation proposal8th semester- revise failed dissertation proposal

Task #1Create an Excel Sheet of Opportunities

• Along top of excel sheet: title and brief intro, amount, eligibility, phase and purpose, annual deadline, how to apply, web address



• Sign up for pivot.cos.com, log in, perform and refine searches, perform advanced searches, save your search/opportunity, get weekly updates, send to colleagues




• Search via google for other lists of opportunities





• Grants.gov





• Grants.gov

• Foundationcenter.org





• Grants.gov

• Foundationcenter.org

• All related professional associations- join now!

Types of opportunities you should be searching for

• New Graduate Student Fellowships



• Travel funding



• Travel funding

• Research funding



• Travel funding


• Dissertation funding- planning, research, stipend, writing, dissemination of findings



• Travel funding



• Awards and Conferences



• Travel funding




• Post doctoral fellowships



• Travel funding





• Early career awards



• Travel funding






• Established faculty



• Travel funding







• Distinguished Scholarships

Types of opportunities for which you should be searching


• Travel funding







• Distinguished Scholarships

• Local foundations and businesses

WSU Internal Funding Help Resources

• The Informer

• WSU News, WSU Announcements, [email protected]

• GPSA/GRSA

• Departmental Resources

• Distinguished Scholarship Workshops- Boren, Fulbright, Gates-Cambridge, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes, Pickering - Sarah Ann Hones [email protected] <<the best bet for international research travel

• New Graduate Student Prestigious Fellowship Workshop

• OGRD Workshops- Note the LLC workshops!

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THANK YOU!

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Finding Funding Opportunities and Creating Timelines Presented by: Hannah Merley, Prevention Science Ph.D student, [email protected] Graduate Support