Spring Semester-long Grant Writing Workshop

Workshop Description

During this intensive workshop, participants will be guided through the entire project development and proposal writing process.  Participants will engage in an individual consultation on their executive summary, in biweekly peer review meetings with three to four other workshop participants, and in additional meetings on grant-related issues with all workshop participants. 

By the conclusion of the workshop, investigators will have prepared a complete grant application, which they may then submit to the external funding agency of their choice. 

Those considering applying for the workshop should have a well-defined research topic, at least some preliminary data, and ample time to devote to workshop activities and to completion of their proposal.  The workshop schedule is optimal for those with proposal deadlines of May 1 or later.

We particularly encourage faculty who will be applying for an NSF CAREER or other young investigator grant to participate in the Spring workshop.  The workshop will include speakers and material addressing the special requirements of the CAREER program (e.g., how to write the educational component), and peer review groups can be structured to allow faculty applying for the CAREER to work together, if they so desire.  Faculty who are working on other types of grants are also welcome to participate.

Application Process

Please e-mail the following information to Dr. Phyllis McBride at p-mcbride@tamu.eduby January 16, 2009:

Part 1:  Applicant Information

Name
Title
Department
College
E-mail address
Phone number
Mail stop
Highest degree completed
Target funding agency
Anticipated proposal deadline

Part 2:  Project Summary

 Provide a one-page summary of your proposed research project.  Typically, a strong project summary includes an introduction to the project, a description of the key facts known about the topic, a description of the knowledge gap or critical need that the project will address, the central hypothesis or statement of need, the rationale, the objectives, and the significance and expected outcomes of the project.

Part 3:  Summary of Preliminary Studies

Provide a short, one-paragraph summary of the preliminary studies – completed or ongoing – that are relevant to your proposed research project.

Applications for the workshop are due January 16, 2009

For more information and for applications instructions, click here (MS-Word file).