Proposal Writing Workshop For Humanities Graduate Students

Scholars in the humanities do not, in general, receive sufficient training in the increasingly all-important professional skill of writing grant proposals. Therefore, the Women and Gender Studies Program is organizing a full day Proposal Writing Workshop for graduate students in the Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies, the Hart Hall Consortium, the Consortium for Women and Research and departments affiliated with the DE, on April 25, 2003 from 8am to 5pm in the Rec Pool Lodge. Other graduate students are welcome if space is available. The workshop is funded by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies. The program will include a four hour presentation on how to write a research proposal by Suad Joseph, and small group sessions with faculty on your own research proposal. Students will receive a catalogued list of potential funding sources in the Humanities and Social Sciences and other guidelines for writing research proposals. Lunch will be provided. Interested students are asked to fill out the Registration form below and return to the Women and Gender Studies office in Hart Hall BY APRIL 4, 2003 (note date change). You will receive additional information and materials after you register.

The preliminary program consists of:

8-8:30 Sign in, Refreshments;

8:30-9 Welcome & Office of Graduate Studies Remarks;

9-1 “Components of a Successful Research Proposal”, Suad Joseph;

1-2 Lunch;

2-5 Small group sessions with faculty on graduate student proposals.

When? April 25^th, 2003, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Where? Rec. Pool Lodge (need a map? http://www.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/get-map?H-6)

Please contact Leslie Rabine lwrabine@ucdavis.edu or Valerie Vaughn vkvaughn@ucdavis.edu for more information.

Helpful Links for Grant Proposal Writers

The Foundation Center provides grant seekers with a searchable database of funding sources.

http://fdncenter.org

The Foundation Center’s “Prospect Worksheet” will help you record possible funding sources and match them with your own research interests.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/wrksheet/index.html

The Foundation Center’s “Common Grant Applications” is a time saver as many grant makers have adopted a single format for their applicants.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/cga/index.html

The Foundation Center’s “Proposal Writing Short Course”

http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

Social Science Research Commission: “The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions

http://www.ssrc.org/programs/publications_editors/publications/art_of_writing_proposals.page

The University of California, Berkeley: “The Making of a Successful Proposal”

http://www.grad.berkeley.edu

Community of Science offers a searchable database for grant seekers.

http://www.cos.org

The University of California, Berkeley: “Dissertation Proposal Workshop”

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/DissPropWorkshop/style/clarity.html

Funding Sources