Michigan State University (MSU), College of Education (CoEd), Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning (IRTL) Doctoral Student Support. Planning ahead for 2015-2016 and beyond. Dissertation funding workshop for grants and fellowships.
1. IRTL Grants & Fellowships Workshop Series
Part IV: Planning
Ahead for 2015-2016
Deadlines
Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning
Doctoral Student Research Support
April 2015
3. 1. Learn about grant and fellowship
opportunities with deadlines in 2015-2016.
2. Build a personal grant writing timeline.
3. Identify resources to find appropriate
funding and refine grant applications.
Learning Objectives
4. • IRTL
• Grants & Fellowships 101
• Timeline Development
• Resources for Searching & Writing
• 2015-2016 Awards
• Q&A
Today’s Plan
6. Institute for Research on Teaching & Learning
IRTL supports doctoral students in the College of
Education by enhancing their knowledge of funding
opportunities and grant writing.
We are available to discuss funding opportunities;
assist in conceptualizing, writing, and revising a grant
proposal; or assist in preparing a competitive budget
request.
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad
What is IRTL?
7. • Workshops, sessions for groups and classes
• Overview of grants & fellowships; Grant proposal
writing; Budget development; RCR; and more!
• One-on-one consultation (mdrangst@msu.edu)
• in person, over the phone, Skype/FaceTime, email
• Web resources (http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/)
• Sample proposals, budgets, timelines, resources
• Monthly newsletters (sign up on our website)
• Announcements, workshops, resources, funding
opportunities
• Facebook updates (facebook.com/MSUIRTL)
What does IRTL do?
9. • Includes:
• How grants and fellowships can play a role for grad
students as well as beyond your time as a student
• What types of things external funds can cover
• Details about money, eligibility, fit, and time
• Basic elements of grant applications
• Tips for successful proposals
• Quick set of slides can be found here:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/grantsfellowshipsbas
ics
Grants & Fellowships 101
10. Your opportunity should
match with these four areas:
Money
research
funding is
available
Eligibility
you’re ready
and meet
requirements
Fit
your research
interests map to
RFP
Time
a competitive
proposal can be
written in the
time available
11. Early Stage
Funds tuition
and fees, as
well as a
stipend for
living for
early doctoral
students
Pre-
Dissertation
Funds
research
and
experiences
that aid
research,
such as
travel,
language
study, and
supplies
Dissertation
Funds research
and experiences
that aid research,
such as language
study, travel,
supplies, facility
use, and/or
stipend for living
after the defense
of the dissertation
proposal to
completion
Analysis &
Write-Up
Funds
tuition and
fees, stipend
for living
expenses to
concentrate
mostly or
only on
writing and
completing
the
dissertation
Postdoctoral
Funds
opportunities
toward the
development
of an
academic
career
Eligibility…are you ready?
Think one step ahead!
12. What makes a grant proposal
successful?
• start early
• contact with funding sponsor
• research matches funding
announcement
• aligned with priorities of
sponsor
• written with the review
process in mind
• captures reviewers’ attention
• well-organized, engaging
language
• clear focus
• follows the instructions
precisely
• applicant seeks outside
review before submitting
• compelling idea that
advances the science
• not too ambitious or
unrealistic
• no typos, grammatical errors
• reasonable and accurate
budget
• submitted on time
14. Create Your Support Network
You
Colleagues &
Classmates
Friends & Family
Research
Administration Staff
Advisor, Committee &
Faculty
16. • Start early.
• Assess your timeline.
• When will you complete doctoral program requirements?
collect data? conduct analysis? write up?
• Can you continue operations until funding would be
received?
• Do you have time to complete the application?
• How long does it take for a decision? When will the funds
become available?
• Can you reapply?
Time
... can a competitive proposal be written in the time available?
17. Sept: APA,
AERA,
Fullbright
IIE, NSF Oct: Spencer,
IRA, NSF
Nov: AAUW, SSRC, IRA,
Ford, Wenner-Gren, ETS,
AERA MDF, NSF GRFP,
Soros
Dec: AAUW,
Boren, ETS
Jan: AERA, APA, NSF,
SSRC, FLAS
Feb: ETS, NSF,
KCP
Mar: WARC,
Tinker
Apr: NSF, NIJ
May: Wenner-
Gren
June: Fulbright
DDRA (April ’15)
July: AIR
Aug: NSF,
NCAA
• Grants and
other funding
sources
typically
follow a
regular cycle.
• Plan ahead so
you can
prepare your
materials on
time, rather
than waiting
(perhaps a
year) until the
next
deadline.
Learn grant
cycles
Fall
Spring
Summer
18. • Work on and develop your research topic and ideas
• Talk with faculty members about existing grant and
funding opportunities
• Utilize College of Education fellowship process (spring)
• CoEd Summer Research Fellowships (late fall)
• CoEd Summer Research Renewable Fellowships (2 years,
late fall)
• CoEd Summer Research Development Fellowships (1st year
students only; January)
• Utilize departmental professional development funds,
COGS grants
Preparing for External
Funding – Years 1-2
19. • Coming to an end in courses and have narrowed down topics to
one or two potential dissertation ideas.
• 1-2 years from dissertation proposal.
• Begin exploring funding options.
• Consider what you might need funding for (e.g., data collection)
and what point in the dissertation process you will need that
funding.
• Continue conversations with faculty members about
opportunities.
• CoEd fellowship process (spring)
• Identify possible funders and opportunities to catch in next year.
• Utilize departmental professional development funds, COGS
grants.
Preparing for External
Funding – Years 2-3
20. • Most dissertation funding proposal due dates are approximately
6 months to 1 year prior to dispersion of funds. Plan ahead
within your own work to time application process.
• Work on and submit proposals approximate 6 months prior to
the due date. Prioritize good quality. Get advisor on board.
• For international research projects, begin working on funding
proposals 6 months to a year prior to the due date (e.g, affiliation
letters, courses, language evaluations).
• During data collection/practicum, apply for Research
Practicum/Research Development Fellowship (mid fall).
• When nearing completion, consider CoEd Dissertation
Completion Fellowship (late fall).
• Utilize departmental professional development funds, COGS
grants.
Preparing for External
Funding – Years 3+
21. • International Research: Preparing proposals for
international research funding is likely to take more time
due to the requirements, begin early. Consider enrolling in
fall seminar – International Social Science Research (1-3 cr.)
• Working students: Students who work fulltime should be
aware that many of the larger are only for fulltime
students. Be sure to explore whether or not this is a
requirement when searching for grants.
• International Students: Some grants are only available to
U.S. citizens and permanent residents (e.g., government
grants—NSF, Fulbright, NIH). Be sure to explore whether
or not this is a requirement when searching for grants.
Preparing for External
Funding – General Notes
22. • Which opportunities are you considering?
• What are their deadlines?
• What external support do you need?
• Drafting & editing your narrative
• Letters of support
• Is the application submitted through MSU?
• How much time do you need to set aside
• Each week?
• Each month?
• Reminders for you & others?
• Who will be on your team?
Creating Your Timeline
24. • Includes:
• How to find funders
• On-campus funding search resources
• IRTL resources
• Databases
• Relevant agencies, foundations, and associations
• Consider non-monetary support
• Set of slides can be found here:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/search-writing-
resources
Search & Writing Resources
26. Start local
• Talk to faculty members, people on campus with similar
interests, supervisors, colleagues, those who work in
grant-funded programs.
• Talk with your librarians. MSU Libraries: Jon Harrison
• http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/index.htm
• Consider any on-campus funding search resources.
• Focus on community organizations or other entities
located in your area.
• IRTL Selected Funding Opportunities
Search in the right places
27. • College of Education fellowships
• http://education.msu.edu/resources/financial/fellows
hips.asp
• The Graduate School
• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/
• International Social Science Research Seminar
• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/docs/ISSR_Fall_2014.pdf
Consider On-Campus
Funding Search Resources
28. • Foundation Center
http://www.foundationcenter.org
• Foundation Directory Online Professional *MSU Library
• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online *MSU Library
• Foundation Directory Free **NEW**
http://fdo.foundationcenter.org
• GrantSelect, GuideStar *MSUNetID required
• http://er.lib.msu.edu/location.cfm?location=WWW
Databases
30. Consider non-monetary support options as well:
• Office space
• Parking permit approval/sponsorship
• Copying
• Printing
• Telephone
• Physical storage space
• Account management
• Equipment (computer, video, audio, transcription)
Non-Monetary Support
31. • Doug Campbell is available to meet with
students and faculty to address your written
work at all stages of the writing process.
• Regular office hours in 116-I Erickson Hall
• Email: campbell@msu.edu
MSU College of Education Office of
Student Writing Assistance
32. Funds may be out there … we just need to hunt for them.
34. • Summer Research Fellowships
• ~20, $6,000, full-time support, no classes
• Summer Research Renewable Fellowships
• 8-10, $6,000 each of two summers, full-time support, no classes
• Summer Research Development Fellowships
• ~15, $5,000, first year students only, no classes
• Research Practicum/Research Development Fellowship
• For advanced doctoral students, develop your own budget
• Dissertation Completion Fellowships
• ~20, $6,000, max of ¼ time assistantship, complete Ph.D. during
funding period
• Professional Development Fellowships
• Annual competition for endowed scholarships/fellowships
College of Education
Opportunities
35. • Departmental professional development funds
• varies by department, may be renewable
• Bailey Scholars
• http://www.bsp.msu.edu
• RCAH Graduate Fellows
• http://rcah.msu.edu/people/graduate-fellows
• IIT / James Madison
• http://grad.msu.edu/iit/
• COGS Professional Development funds
• Up to $300 available once during your time at MSU, lottery
• COGS Travel funds
• Up to $300 available once during your time at MSU, lottery
MSU Funding Opportunities
36. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• The research project must include the analysis of data from
at least one of the large-scale, nationally or internationally
representative data sets such as those supported by NCES,
NSF, and the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Census
Bureau, and the National Institutes of Health. Additional
data sets may be used in conjunction with the obligatory
federal data set. If international data sets are used, the
study must include U.S. education.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: ~15; $20,000
• Deadlines: September & January
AERA Dissertation Grants
37. • For students to conduct research in other countries in foreign
languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months.
• Fulbright-Hays (DDRA). For Ph.D. candidates only. Proposals
focusing on Western Europe are not eligible. Projects deepen
research knowledge and help the nation develop capability in
areas of the world not generally included in U.S. curricula.
• Fulbright IIE. For anyone with a Bachelors and allows for
individually designed study/research in a single country. A list of
eligible countries is available on the Fulbright IIE website.
• Must apply through MSU. Contact Roger Bresnahan
bresnaha@msu.edu.
• Citizenship: U.S. | Award: ~1,200, $ varies
• Deadline: IIE-MSU September; DDRA – April ‘15 (typically June)
Fulbright Programs
38. • Dissertation write up
• To encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide
range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake
research relevant to the improvement of education while
bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history,
theory, or practice of formal or information education
anywhere in the world. Fellowships support final analysis
of the research topic and the writing of the dissertation.
• Candidates should be interested in pursuing further
research in education once the doctorate is attained.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: ~30, $25,000
• Deadline: October
National Academy of Education /
Spencer Dissertation Award
39. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• Focus on issues related to women, gender, women’s studies
or feminist/gender/LGBTQ theory.
• Award can support travel, books, microfilming, taping,
and computer services.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: up to $5,000
• Deadline: October
Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation
Fellowship in Women’s Studies
40. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• The purpose of the Society of School Psychology
Dissertation Grant Awards is to promote excellence in
research training in school psychology, thereby enhancing
the capability of students to pursue a productive research
career that advances the science of school psychology.
Although not all quality proposals submitted can be
funded, each student will receive feedback intended to
contribute to the student’s enthusiasm for and competence
in research.
• Citizenship: Any | Award: 4, up to $5,000
• Deadlines: October, March
SSSP Dissertation Grant Awards
41. • Dissertation write-up
• Supports a year of research and writing to help advanced
graduate students in the humanities and related social
sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: 65, up to $33,000
• Deadline: October
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation
Completion Fellowship
42. • Fellowships & Training
• Program designed to meet needs of New Americans at critical
points in their educations, and call attention of all Americans to
the extensive and diverse contributions of New Americans to the
quality of life in this country.
• Citizenship: New Americans – permanent residents or
naturalized citizens if born abroad, born outside US and adopted
by US citizens, or children of naturalized citizen parents.
• Eligibility: Early in graduate program. Must not be 31 years or
older as of application deadline.
• Award: 30. Supports up to two years of graduate study in the US
including stipend and tuition/fees. | Deadline: November
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship
Program for New Americans
43. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• Supports research on a wide range of issues of critical
importance to U.S. higher education. The program has two
separate purposes: increase the number of researchers
using national datasets and demonstrate the contribution
that these datasets make to the national base of knowledge
on higher education policy, theory, and practice; and NPEC
funding supports grants that increase the understanding
and knowledge of a specific issue area identified by NPEC.
• Citizenship: Any.
• Award: up to $20,000 for one year
• Deadline: March (was July)
AIR Dissertation Grants
44. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• These grants provide funds for items not normally
available at the university level, allowing the doctoral
student to undertake data-gathering and field research that
would not otherwise be possible.
• Proposals are judged on their scientific merit, importance
of the research question and appropriateness of proposed
data and methodology.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: ~200-300; $2.5m available
• Deadline: varies by program
NSF Dissertation Research
Improvement Grants
45. • Dissertation data collection
• Given annually to assist doctoral students at the early
stages of their dissertation research in the area of reading
and literacy. Focus on instructional interventions.
• Must be ILA members. Must have dissertation proposal
successfully defended in order to apply.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: $1,200
• Deadline: November
ILA Helen M. Robinson Grant
46. • Pre-Dissertation Research grants; Dissertation data
collection
• This award is intended to encourage and support
promising graduate students in their research. All
applicants must have at least three years of pre-K-12
teaching experience. The research must be conducted in
the classroom(s), it must be focused on improving reading
instruction and children’s reading achievement, and it
must be empirically rigorous. Research must be completed
within two years.
• Eligibility: ILA members | Citizenship: Any
• Award: $1,000 | Deadline: November
ILA Steven A. Stahl Research Grant
47. • Pre-Dissertation research grants; Dissertation data collection,
write-up
• This fellowship is a grant established to encourage and support
reading research by promising scholars. Its special emphasis is to
support research efforts in the following areas: beginning reading
(theory, research, and practice that improves the effectiveness of
learning to read); readability (methods of predicting the difficulty
of texts); reading difficulty (diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention); stages of reading development; the relation of
vocabulary to reading; and diagnosing and teaching adults with
limited reading ability.
• Eligibility: ILA members | Citizenship: Any
• Award: $6,000 | Deadline: November
ILA Jeanne S. Chall Research
Fellowship
48. • Pre-Dissertation research grants; Dissertation data
collection, write-up; Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Supports research in reading and literacy. Projects may be
carried out using any research method or approach so long
as the focus of the project is on research in reading or
literacy. Activities such as developing new programs or
instructional materials are not eligible for funding except
to the extent that these activities are necessary procedures
for the conduct of research. Projects should be completed
within two years.
• Eligibility: ILA member | Citizenship: Any
• Award: up to $8,000 | Deadline: November
ILA Elva Knight Research Grant
49. • Research grant; Dissertation data collection
• Research support is intended to facilitate research related
to academic advising. Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed
methodologies are welcome. Program assessment is not
funded. Practicing professionals and graduate students
from any institution (U.S. or international) seeking support
for research in academic advising are eligible to apply.
NACADA has a particular interest in soliciting proposals
that document the outcomes of different advising models.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: up to $5,000
• Deadlines: November, March
NACADA Academic Advising
Research Support Grant
50. • Dissertation data collection
• Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The
program contributes to the Foundation’s overall mission to
support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that
the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and
significant work that furthers our understanding of
humanity’s cultural and biological origins, development,
and variation.
• Citizenship: Any
• Award: up to $20,000
• Deadlines: November, May
Wenner-Gren Dissertation
Fieldwork Grants
51. • Dissertation data collection
• The purposes of the program are to advance education
research by outstanding minority graduate students and to
improve the quality and diversity of university faculties.
This program offers doctoral fellowships to enhance the
competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for
academic appointments at major research universities by
supporting their research and by providing mentoring and
guidance toward completion of their doctoral studies.
• Citizenship: U.S.
• Award: up to $20,000
• Deadline: November
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship
Program in Education Research
52. • Dissertation data collection
• The program invites proposals for dissertation research
conducted, in whole or in part, outside the U.S., about non-
U.S. topics, for a minimum of nine months of research
outside of the United States. Applicants must complete all
Ph.D. requirements except on-site research by the time the
fellowship begins or by December following award,
whichever comes first. The IDRF program will not support
study at foreign universities, conference participation, or
dissertation write-up.
• Citizenship: Any | Award: 80, ~$20,000
• Deadline: November
SSRC Mellon International Dissertation
Research Fellowship (IDRF)
53. • Fellowship
• The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific
and engineering workforce in the United States. The program
recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are
pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields
within NSF's mission. The GRFP provides three years of support
for the graduate education of individuals who have
demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in
science and engineering research. STEM Education & Learning
Research.
• Citizenship: U.S. | Award: 2,000; $32,000 annually (+$12,000
tuition), 3 years | Deadline: November
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Program (GRFP)
54. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• Dissertation fellowships support women doctoral
candidates completing dissertations. Candidates are
evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; the quality
and originality of project design; and active commitment to
helping women and girls through service in their
communities, professions, or fields of research. Open to
applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in
researching gender issues are encouraged to apply.
• Citizenship: U.S.| Award: $20,000
• Deadline: November
AAUW American Dissertation
Fellowships
55. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study
or research in the U.S. to women. Recipients are selected
for academic achievement and demonstrated commitment
to women and girls.
• Citizenship: Non-U.S.
• Award: $20,000-30,000
• Deadline: December
AAUW International Fellowships
56. • Dissertation write-up
• The fellowships are designed to encourage original and
significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields
of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly help
Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation
work in a timely manner. Dissertation must be completed
during the tenure of the award and submit completed
dissertations by August following application deadline.
• Citizenship: Any | Award: ≥21, $25,000
• Deadline: November
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral
Dissertation Fellowship
57. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• Focus on achieving excellence in college and university
teaching. Awards will be made to individuals who have
demonstrated superior academic achievement, are
committed to a career in teaching and research at the
college or university level, show promise of future
achievement as schools and teachers, and are well
prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the
education of all students.
• Citizenship: U.S. | Award: ~30, $21,000
• Deadline: November
Ford Foundation Dissertation
Fellowships
58. • International research
• Boren Fellowships support adding an international and language
component to graduate education through specialized area study,
language study, or increased language proficiency. Fellowships
support study and research in areas of the world that are critical
to U.S. interests. Applicants should identify how their projects, as
well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to
U.S. national security, broadly defined. NSEP draws on a broad
definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of
national security has expanded to include not only the traditional
concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but
also the challenges of global society, including sustainable
development, environmental degradation, global disease and
hunger, population growth and migration, and economic
competitiveness.
• Citizenship: U.S. | Award: up to $30,000
• Deadline: MSU - December
NSEP David L. Boren Graduate
Fellowships
59. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a
new generation of leaders interested in and capable of
creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance
child development and improve the nation’s ability to
prevent all forms of child maltreatment.
• Citizenship: U.S.
• Award: 15, $25,000
• Deadline: December
Doris Duke Fellowships for the
Promotion of Child Well-Being
60. • Dissertation data collection
• The goal of this program is to increase the number of well-trained
scientists in educational measurement, psychometrics, and
statistics. During the academic year, selected fellows study at
their universities and carry out research under the supervision of
an academic mentor and in consultation with ETS research
scientists and psychometricians. During the summer, fellows are
invited to participate in the Summer Internship Program in
Research for Graduate Students, working under the guidance of
an ETS mentor.
• Citizenship: not specified
• Award: $19,000 stipend, $8,000 to defray tuition and fees, small
grant for equipment or software.
• Deadline: December
ETS Harold Gulliksen Psychometric
Research Fellowship
61. • Fellowships & training, research grants, international research;
Dissertation data collection, write-up
• TIAA-CREF established the Ruth Simms Hamilton Research
Fellowship at TIAA-CREF in 2005 to honor the memory and life's
work of Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton, a former professor at MSU
and member of the TIAA-CREF Board of Trustees.
• Citizenship: Any
• Eligibility: All MSU graduate students whose dissertation
research is related in any way to the African Diaspora.
• Award: $36,500 for one year. Funds may be used for travel to
support research, present at a conference, support the collection
of data, or complete writing of the dissertation.
• Deadline: December
TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton
Graduate Merit Fellowship
62. • Fellowships & Training
• FLAS is designed to meet critical needs for specialists in
American education for government, and for “other
services of a public nature” who will utilize their skills in
training others.
• Citizenship: U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Eligibility: Must be full time students and propose a course
of study that includes both African language training and
African area studies coursework each fall and spring
semester.
• Award: Payment of most tuition and fees, stipend of
$15,000 for the academic year.
• Deadline: January
MSU Foreign Language and Area
Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
63. • Dissertation data collection, write-up
• To increase the number of traditionally underrepresented
doctoral degree graduates who enter academic careers in
postsecondary education. Fellows must complete degree within
two years of receiving fellowship and serve three years in
postsecondary teaching or administrative position.
• Citizenship: U.S.
• Eligibility: Enrolled full-time in a doctoral program at MSU and
have successfully completed comprehensive exams; be an active
participant in the MSU AGEP Learning Community.
• Award: $35,000 for one year. Supplemented by MSU through
healthcare allowance, one credit of tuition and fees for one full
academic year (fall, spring, summer semesters).
• Deadline: February
King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty
Fellowship Program (FFF) at MSU
64. • Research grants, International research
• The purpose of this program is to make it possible for graduate
students interested in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry
out research in the field in order to acquire as profound and
intimate a knowledge as possible of the language, culture, and
geography; to gather field data; and to develop contacts with
scholars and institutions in the field. Citizenship: Any.
• Eligibility: MSU graduate student who has not yet reached the
dissertation stage of program. Must be in good standing at MSU
and committed to Latin American themes and issues. Must have
a well-conceived and feasible project that serves as a basis for
meeting thesis or dissertation requirements.
• Award: Up to $1,500.
• Deadline: March
Tinker Field Research Grant
65. • Dissertation: Write-Up
• To accelerate the completion of the dissertation. Recipients may hold
no more than a quarter-time assistantship. Materials are submitted to
department for internal review before ranked nominations are
submitted to the College of Education. College review panel
evaluates applications and submits select applications to the
Graduate School, which will make the formal award. Nomination
packet includes up to 30-page dissertation proposal, letter of support
from dissertation director, and copy of MSU transcript. Contact
specific departments for internal deadlines and process.
• Citizenship: Any.
• Eligibility: Advanced doctoral student positioned to submit final
versions of their dissertations by the end of the summer semester
following the application deadline. Projected spring and summer
graduates are eligible. Must have passed comprehensive exams and
have record on file with the Graduate Records Office.
• Award: ~120, $6,000; ~20 for CoEd students | Deadline: November
CoEd Dissertation
Completion Fellowships
66. • This fellowship provides financial support for advanced
doctoral students who have projected or incurred expenses
relevant to data collection for their dissertation or research
practicum.
• Award: $1,000-4,000, varies by department.
• Deadline: October/November, varies by department
CoEd Research Practicum / Research
Development Fellowship (RP/D)
68. • What do you want to fund?
• Where can you find funding?
• Who can be part of your support
network?
• What related skills do you already
possess?
• What is your next step?
Moving forward …
69. • Workshop topic ideas
• Web and newsletter content suggestions
• New award information
• Updates on your grant/fellowship
applications
• Corrections on typos, spelling, and
grammar.
We are always excited for
70. IRTL Doctoral Student Research Support
• http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/
IRTL facebook page
• https://www.facebook.com/MSUIRTL
MSU Reference Librarian Jon Harrison’s Grant Resources
• http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/
MSU College of Education – Fellowships & Scholarships
• http://education.msu.edu/resources/financial/
MSU Libraries – MSUNetID–available resources
• http://er.lib.msu.edu/location.cfm?location=WWW
MSU The Graduate School – Funding
• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/
International Social Science Research Seminar Resources List 2014
• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/docs/ISSR_Fall_2014.pdf
Main links from presentation
71. • Includes:
• How grants and fellowships can play a role for grad
students as well as beyond your time as a student
• What types of things external funds can cover
• Details about money, eligibility, fit, and time
• Basic elements of grant applications
• Tips for successful proposals
• Quick set of slides can be found here:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/grantsfellowshipsbas
ics
Grants & Fellowships 101
72. • Includes:
• How to find funders
• On-campus funding search resources
• IRTL resources
• Databases
• Relevant agencies, foundations, and associations
• Consider non-monetary support
• Set of slides can be found here:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/search-writing-
resources
Search & Writing Resources
73. Links to grant writing resources:
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/search.asp
Proposal Writing workshop slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/201503grantwriting
Planning your proposal:
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/plan.asp
Writing your proposal:
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/write.asp
Proposal Writing Resources
74. Links to budget creation resources at MSU:
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/search.asp
Budget workshop slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/irtl/201502budgets
Sample budgets:
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/pdf/IRTL_Bud
getSamples.pdf
Budget Resources
75. Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning
2nd Floor, Erickson Hall
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad
https://www.facebook.com/MSUIRTL
http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/Subscribe.asp
Bob Floden, Director, floden@msu.edu
Marcy Wallace, Associate Director,
wallacem@msu.edu
Megan Drangstveit, Graduate Assistant,
mdrangst@msu.edu (201C Erickson Hall)
IRTL – Doctoral Student
Research Support