Grant Proposals: Nuts & Bolts for Social Sciences Faculty
Securing external funding is a critical step in any research career. Preparing a competitive funding application goes beyond writing a clear and compelling proposal for your research project; it also requires finding and selecting the right funding opportunity, developing supplementary documents in a proposal package, and routing a proposal through WSU’s internal system prior to submission.
The goal of this training program is to prepare faculty in the social sciences to advance their careers and research at WSU by providing understanding of each step of the proposal preparation process: from identifying the right funding opportunity to submitting the proposal.
Join research development specialist Cheryl Dykstra-Aiello, PhD from the Office of Research Advancement and Partnerships (ORAP) for this grant-writing program. The workshops will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am – 12:00pm, May 14 – May 23, in four 2-hour sessions held in CUE 114 on the Pullman campus and via Zoom for faculty at other campuses.
Deadline to Apply: May 1, 2024
Participants who complete the program will be able to:
- Search for external funding opportunities using online tools and databases.
- Interpret a grant proposal solicitation.
- Outline and draft a proposal narrative.
- Compile common supplementary documents for grant proposals.
- Prepare a proposal budget.
- Submit a proposal through WSU’s internal routing system.
The following documents are required in addition to your basic information:
- A Cover Letter:
- No longer than two pages.
- Address your current research, scholarship, or creative practice.
- Discuss goals for the future and how attending this workshop will assist meeting those goals.
- A brief Letter of Support from your department chair, program director, or equivalent.
- A two-page Curriculum Vitae or Biosketch.
This training series is suitable for WSU faculty in any track from any social science discipline and any WSU location.
Selected applicants will attend each session of the workshop at no cost to their home unit. If the registrant fails to fully participate in the workshop without prior arrangement, their home unit will be required to defray some or all of the cost of their participation.