IRTL Grants & Fellowships Workshop Series

Dissertation and Research Funding: Search & Writing Resources

Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning

Doctoral Student Research Support

April 2015

IRTL

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?

• 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?

Resources for Searching & Writing

• 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

• 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

MSU Libraries

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..)

Search in the right places

• 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

Consider On-Campus Funding Search Resources

• Instantly search IRTL selected funding opportunities on

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

• Videos, slideshows, sample materials.

• Planning stage, budgeting, writing information.

• 1:1 and small group conversations

• Workshops and guest appearances in class

• 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.

IRTL Resources

• 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

• 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

Government databases & agencies• Government

databases (e.g. grants.gov)

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

• State governments (michigan.gov)

Know relevant agencies, foundations & associations

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

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

• 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

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_BudgetSamples.pdf

Budget Resources

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

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

Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning

2nd Floor, Erickson Hall

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

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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