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Nov 1 - 2, 2007 - Texas A&M University System 3rd Annual Junior Faculty Workshop (held at Tarleton State University)
Discussion Materials
- Topic 1: How can we enable potential collaborations and identify research opportunities System-wide?
- Topic 2: How do junior faculty establish a research agenda and what characterizes a successful early career research proposal?
- Grant programs for Junior Faculty
- List of resources for junior faculty on the OPD website:
- The Craft of Grant Writing workbook available on-line
- Toolkit for Programs for Junior Faculty
- Funding opportunities (updated daily)
- Links to other useful information, including tutorials by funding agencies, articles and agency-sponsored conferences
- Information on NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator programs (includes examples of successful and unsuccessful CAREER proposals)
- Information on Programs that Fund Instrumentation [link to
- Funding for the Humanities
- Topic 3: What constitutes a strong research partnership?
- Topic 4: Characteristics of the successful research development and grant writing plan
- List of resource materials with links (pdf file)
- "Developing and Overall Research Strategy - An Outline" , Bradley Evanoff, M.D., M.P.H., with thanks to Eric B. Larson, M.D. (pdf file)
- Topic 5: What type of proposals in research and education are important to my institution and why? (no handouts)
- Topic 6: What are the planning steps in writing a successful research proposal?
- "How to Write a Grant Application" (NIH)
- "Proposal Writing Short Course" (Foundation Center)
- Topic 7: Non-STEM research development for Social/Behavioral Sciences, Education, and the Humanities
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A Beginner's Guide to the World of Research Grants for Sociologists
by Stewart Tolnay, University of Washington
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Submitting A Grant Proposal: Risks, Benefits, and How to Succeed
An introduction to grant development in the humanities by Maria Carlson, Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Kansas
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Scholarly Arguments: Strategies for Writing Persuasive Proposals in the Humanities
Christina M. Gillis, Townsend Center for Humanities, University of California, Berkeley
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Topic 8: Survival Skills (no handouts)
Day 2 Presentations
- Generic Strategies for Writing Competitive Proposals (ppt)
- Funding Strategies for Junior Faculty and Faculty at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (ppt)