2014-15 Part1 - Introduction to Grants & Fellowships

IRTL Grants & Fellowships Workshop Series

Part I: Introduction to Grants & Fellowships

Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning

Doctoral Student Research Support

September 2014

Megan Drangstveit

[email protected]

Doctoral Student

Higher, Adult & Lifelong Education

Graduate Assistant

Institute for Research on Teaching & Learning

Audience members…

Introductions

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1. Learn about grants.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn about grants & grant writing in general.

2. Explore dissertation grant opportunities.

3. Identify resources to find appropriate funding and refine grant applications.

Learning Objectives

1. IRTL

2. Grants for Individuals

3. Grant Components

4. Finding Funders / Resources

5. 2014-2015 Funding Opportunities

6. Q&A

Today’s Plan

IRTL

Grants for Individuals

Grant Components

Finding Funders / Resources

2014-2015 Funding Opportunities

Q&A

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.


What is IRTL?


• Workshops, sessions for groups and classes• Overview of grants & fellowships; Grant proposal

writing; Budget development; RCR; and more!

• One-on-one consultation• 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?

http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/

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IRTL


Grant Components



Q&A

• To focus on research and/or writing

• To advance knowledge in your field

• National recognition and prestige

• A lifetime professional network

• Professional development opportunities

• To demonstrate your ability to win grants for academic job applications

Doctoral student grants & fellowships can allow you:

• Grants can be used for training, travel, work buy-outs, supplies, hourly staff, tuition, graduate assistantships.

• Funds can be used to complete a dissertation or conduct small research projects.

• Funding agencies exist to advance research and/or practice within an area.

• Foundations are required to spend their funds.

• Start small, “earn” your way up to larger awards.

What role can grants (or other external funds) play in my career?

A little

planning

An exciting

idea

A support

network

• If you’re seeking funding for your dissertation, you will do or have already done (most of) the work.

• Grant writing skills are valued no matter your role.

• Turning your idea into a competitive grant proposal takes:

Why not?

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

Internal Funding

• Your department / college / program / organization

• Research entities on campus (grant administration, other departments)

• Institution-wide opportunities

External Funding

• Databases

• Regional foundations

• Professional organizations & associations

• Government entities

Money… is there research funding available?

IRTL’s Focus

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!

• Citizenship?

• Comprehensive exams and/or coursework complete? Degree obtained?

• Dissertation proposal defense complete?

• Full-time employee vs. faculty member vs. student?

• Faculty advisor’s “OK”

• Pilot program complete? Collaboration in place?

Eligibility…do you meet the sponsor’s requirements?

Many sponsors have websites with helpful information:

• What are the sponsor’s goals and priorities? What have they funded in the past?

• What is their program focus?population? method? Issue?

• Who can I contact for informationfor assistance, guidance, or advice?

• What are the review criteria?

• Do they have sample proposals?

Fit…does your project match the funder’s goals and priorities?

• 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?

• 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

• 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

• 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 3-5+

• 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 – Notes

IRTL


Grant Components



Q&A

“There is no amount of grantsmanship that will turn a bad idea into a good one, but there are many ways to disguise a good one.”

William Raubformer Deputy Director, NIH

• Title

• Project summary / Abstract

• Narrative

• Bibliography

• Support materials

• Biographical narrative

• Letters of recommendation

• Budget

Typical grant components

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

http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/pdf/ContactingFundingAgency.pdf

• Keep in mind that the reviewers may not be in your same discipline / functional area.

• Write clearly in a way that is accessible to non-academics.

• Grab their attention right away – title, intro sentence, etc..

• Websites may provide information on past/current reviewers. Use this knowledge to inform your writing.

Reviewers

• Talk to colleagues about any past experiences as reviewers.

• What did they look for?

• What impressed them?

• What were basic mistakes they saw?

• How did they evaluate proposals with others from different specializations?

• If possible, take advantage of opportunities to serve as a reviewer for grants, awards, etc. within your field.

Reviewers

Create Your Support Network

You

Colleagues & Classmates

Friends & Family

Research Administration Staff

Advisor, Committee & Faculty

IRTL


Grant Components



Q&A

• It’s never too early or too late to start searching, but you will need to cut through the clutter and be a “smart searcher”

• To be successful, you will need to:

Finding funders

Search in the right places

Know relevant agencies

Learn grant cycles

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

• Grant Advisor newsletter

• http://er.lib.msu.edu/location.cfm?location=WWW


http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/index.htm

http://er.lib.msu.edu/location.cfm?location=WWW

Consider any on-campus funding search resources.

• College of Education fellowships

• http://education.msu.edu/resources/financial/fellowships.asp

• The Graduate School

• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/

• International Social Science Research Seminar• http://grad.msu.edu/funding/docs/ISSR_Fall_2014.pdf


http://education.msu.edu/resources/financial/fellowships.asp

http://grad.msu.edu/funding/

http://grad.msu.edu/funding/docs/ISSR_Fall_2014.pdf

IRTL Resources

• Instantly search IRTL selected funding opportunities on

the IRTL website (update coming soon – filterable!).

• Videos, slideshows, sample materials

• Planning stage, budgeting, writing information

• Subscribe to the IRTL monthly funding alert newsletter.

• http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/Subscribe.asp

• Like our Facebook page for other updates through the month


http://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/deadlines/


Other people of interest may include:• Grant administrators• Statisticians or those in charge of databases• Budget staff• Development/Fundraising/Advancement staff• Outreach office• Technology staff (data management, resources,

etc.)• Focus on community organizations or other

entities located in your area.• Network responsibly.


• Fellowship programs on campus• CoEd Fellowship to Enhance Global Understanding

• Bailey

• RCAH

• IIT

• COGS Professional Development funds• Up to $300 available once during your time at MSU

• COGS Travel funds• Up to $300 available once during your time at MSU

• Departmental professional development funds• Varies by department, may be renewable

• Think about non-monetary support

Other options to consider

Databases.

• 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


http://www.foundationcenter.org

http://fdo.foundationcenter.org


Government databases & agencies

• Government databases (e.g. grants.gov)

• Government agencies (NSF, NIH, etc..)

• http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/federal.htm

• State governments (michigan.gov)

• http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/state.htm


http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/federal.htm

http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/state.htm


Links to specific orgs are in the Notes for this slide

Sept: APA, AERA,

FullbrightIIE, 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

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

Funds may be out there … we just need to hunt for them.

IRTL


Grant Components



Q&A

• 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

• 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 [email protected].

• Citizenship: U.S. | Award: ~1,200, $ varies

• Deadline: IIE-MSU September; DDRA - June

Fulbright Programs

• 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.


• Award: ~30, $25,000

• Deadline: October

National Academy of Education / Spencer Dissertation Award


• 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.


• Award: up to $5,000


Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies


• 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

• 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.


• Award: 65, $33,000


Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

• 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. Tuition and living expenses that can total as much as $90,000 over two academic years. | Deadline: November

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans


• 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.


• Award: ~200-300; $2.5m available

• Deadline: varies by program

NSF Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

• 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 IRA members. Must have dissertation proposal successfully defended in order to apply.


• Award: $1,200

• Deadline: November

IRA Helen M. Robinson Grant

• 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: IRA members | Citizenship: Any

• Award: $1,000 | Deadline: November

IRA Steven A. Stahl Research Grant

• 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: IRA members | Citizenship: Any


IRA Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship

• 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: IRA member | Citizenship: Any


IRA Elva Knight Research Grant

• 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.



• Deadlines: November, March

NACADA Academic Advising Research Support Grant


• 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.



• Deadlines: November, May

Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grants


• 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: $12,000


AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research


• 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 2013, 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


SSRC Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)

• 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)


• 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


American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships

• 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 2015.

• Citizenship: Any | Award: ≥21, $25,000


Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship


• 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


Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships


• The purpose of this award is to support the creation of new knowledge focusing on the area of student leadership programs in higher education. This award is intended to support professional, doctoral, and masters-level scholarly research. Recipient will submit an article about their research to the SLP-KC newsletter in order to disseminate their findings to the KC membership and beyond. Award recipients will be recognized at the national conference.

• Citizenship: Any | Award: unspecified | Deadline: November

NASPA Dr. Susan R. KomivesResearch Award

• 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


• 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

American Association of University Women International Fellowships


• 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.


• Award: 15, $25,000


Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being


• 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.


ETS Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship

• 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.


• 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.


TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Graduate Merit Fellowship

• 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


• 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.


• 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

• 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


• 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: July

AIR Dissertation Grants

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Grant Components



Q&A

• 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 …

• Workshops, sessions for groups and classes• Overview of grants & fellowships; Grant proposal

writing; Budget development; RCR; and more!

• One-on-one consultation ([email protected])• 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?

mailto:[email protected]



https://www.facebook.com/MSUIRTL/

• Keep an eye out for additional workshops in this Grants and Fellowships series:

• Budgets

• Preparing a grant proposal

• We are always excited for

• Workshop topic ideas

• Web and newsletter content suggestions

• New award information

• Updates on your grant/fellowship applications

• Corrections on typos, spelling, and grammar.

Upcoming events

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


https://www.facebook.com/MSUIRTL

http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/

http://education.msu.edu/resources/financial/


http://grad.msu.edu/funding/

http://grad.msu.edu/funding/docs/ISSR_Fall_2014.pdf

Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning2nd Floor, Erickson Hallhttp://education.msu.edu/irtl/gradhttps://www.facebook.com/MSUIRTLhttp://education.msu.edu/irtl/grad/Subscribe.asp

Bob Floden, Director, [email protected]

Marcy Wallace, Associate Director, [email protected]

Megan Drangstveit, Graduate Assistant, [email protected] (201C Erickson Hall)

IRTL – Doctoral Student Research Support


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