Workshop Materials for How to Write a Successful Fellowship/Scholarship Application

Dear Colleagues

I have conducted a number of workshops for students in various contexts about how to write a successful fellowship application. For the workshops I have put together a short-power point presentation that provides some key tips and strategies for developing an effective proposal, and also some key fellowship resources.

I am uploading the slides to this site, as perhaps some faculty may want to use the slides to help conduct workshops for their own students and/or students may find it useful to read through the resources. The presentation is available here ScholarshipsPresentation.pdf

Some additional key resources for proposal writing include

http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/7A9CB4F4-815F-DE11-BD80-001CC...
http://offices.colgate.edu/grants/graduate-fellowship.html
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/730.html
http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/academics/fellowships/application/i...
http://www.uc.edu/global/Scholarships/Fulbright_Grant_Manual.pdf

A short summary is below:

This presentation is designed to provide key resources on how to obtain students can obtain fellowships and scholarships for study and research. Faculty members and staff are encouraged to use the slides to conduct workshops for their students. Some of the content for these slides (citations are provided) are taken from a wonderful guide to the Art of Writing Proposals from the Social Science Research Council http://fellowships.ssrc.org/art_of_writing_proposals

Please note, it can be very challenging to get a scholarship, but if you produce a strong application and apply for multiple opportunities this will significantly increase your chances. The rate of applicants per fellowship varies widely by opportunity and country, but in my experience reviewing fellowship applications in the US (and also advising students), the rates here are generally between 10-30 applicants per fellowship offered (some fellowships are much more competitive than this). For some fellowships in the US and opportunities in other countries the rate can be much, much higher, sometimes with maybe several hundred or more applicants per fellowship offered. Thus, to have a chance at the fellowship a strong application with a convincing purpose, strong letters, etc., is a must.

Feel free to add your own suggestions/resources.

Tags: Application, Fellowship, Guide, Resources, Scholarship, Successful

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Comment by Mahvish Naeem on August 11, 2012 at 3:35pm: Very useful. Thank you so much Craig!

Comment by Ehix Perez Arikhan on August 11, 2012 at 1:02pm: Thanx, Craig! This is very resourceful!

Comment by Pastor Samuel Muderhwa M on April 26, 2012 at 12:52pm: so great Dear Graig
it is useful information

Comment by Noah Bamulabire on April 16, 2012 at 7:21am: Many thanks Mr. Craig

Comment by Shulika L Stella on April 13, 2012 at 3:51am: Thanks for this very useful and educative information

Comment by Waheed Rahimi on February 23, 2012 at 2:07pm: Dear Craig,

Many thanks for your kind cooperation, it is really useful and awesome. wish you all the best and more success in your great job.

Comment by mbingno fekeme on December 15, 2011 at 11:40am: i am very happy reading through this craig.Thank you very much

Comment by Atwan Nayef Atwan Alsyoof on November 7, 2011 at 5:01am: THANKS CRAIG VERY MUCH , AMAZING DATA

Comment by Klaudia Meszaros on August 19, 2011 at 12:25pm: Dear Craig,

Information, you have provided so far has been very useful and important to know. Thank you very much!

Comment by Hentsa Haddush on August 8, 2011 at 3:52am: this was what I need it is important data and thanks a lot

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