Resources
Graduate Writing Support Service
- Provides extended, one-on-one writing consultations on all types of graduate writing projects, with particular expertise in working with grant proposals
- Reads material in advance and allocates up to two hours for each consultation; no cap on number of visits
- Specifically tailors the focus of each session to student needs, helping with everything from prose, organization, and cohesion to clarity of content and argumentation.
Grant Proposal Archive
The Grant Proposal Archive contains successful grant proposals in the humanities and social sciences submitted by Laney Graduate School graduate students in past years. The proposals are categorized according to the stage of research they fund; most are for dissertation research, and some are for write-up work or for postdoctoral work.
Interested students and faculty may request access to this archive available on Canvas by submitting a request to LGS.ProfDev@emory.edu.
Writing Proposals
Provided here are links to several documents and sources of information that provide guidance on developing and writing fundable proposals.
- Components of a Successful Research Proposal
- The Genre of Grant Proposals: Considerations of Form and Rhetorical Force
- Writing — and Reading — Money
- Varieties of Procrastination
- Return to the Funding Proposal as Technique of Peership
- Essay on Why Candidates for Academic Jobs Can't Just be Themselves
- How to Win a Graduate Fellowship
- Grant-Writing Tips for Graduate Students
- The Art of Grantsmanship
Crafting Budgets
Some funders do not require that a budget be submitted with the proposal. For those that do, however, the budget section is often an additional way for an applicant to demonstrate that he or she possesses a clear idea about what needs to be done to meet the goals of the project. Here, we have provided some sources specific to developing this important aspect of your proposal.
- Writing Grant Proposals for Anthropological Research (see Budget)
- Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!) — see Budget
Developing Timelines
Timelines show readers how you will accomplish your plan for research and/or writing during the funding period. Not all funders require a timeline, but you might still want to include one in your proposal as a concise way to explain and summarize your narrative presentation of the plan. Here, we have provided some guidance — 10 Tips on Timelines — to help you develop a clear and convincing timeline.
Finding Funding Sources
- Students are often aware of 'major' funders such as Fulbright or Mellon, but are sometimes uncertain about where to look for other sources of funding that are, in some cases, less obvious. The Grant Forward database is a great resource for identifying funding opportunities. Please note that in the case of Grant Forward, students must access the database from campus or by using a VPN connection.
- Woodruff Library resources — Grants, Foundations, and Scholarships: General Grant Information
Sources for Research Funding
For ideas about the kinds of funding opportunities available to you, visit some of these sites. Also consult the Grant Forward database (see Finding Funding Sources).
- SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship
- Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities in Original Sources
- Newberry Fellowships
- American Philosophical Society Library Resident Research Fellowship
Sources for Multi-Year Fellowships and Grants
For ideas about the kinds of funding opportunities available to you, visit some of these sites. Also consult the Grant Forward database (see Finding Funding Sources).
- Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- NSF Specialized Information for Graduate Students
Sources for Dissertation Completion Fellowships
For ideas about the kinds of funding opportunities available to you, visit some of these sites. Also consult the Grant Forward database (see Finding Funding Sources).
- Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- American Association of University Women Funding and Awards
- Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (Emory)
Sources for Postdoctoral Fellowships and Grants
Visit these sites for information on postdoctoral funding opportunities. Also consult the Grant Forward database (see Finding Funding Sources).