brose2014

Hi Everyone-- I'm starting to write more and more proposals for research funding. Although similar to the thesis proposals we write for our departments-- funding proposals are a very different animal... Currently I am in the process of writing one for a critical languages grant and starting wondering "how does everyone else do this?" My university is offering a short course on proposal writing in May but that obviously is not helping me now... This is my second Masters-- and the other students in my program (of which I am in the first cohort) are either not interested or don't seem to have a clue about the process of funding for internships, research or fieldwork. So here's my question... if you have experienced this "joyous" process of selling yourself and research interests on paper to convince a funding committee to sponsor your work with their finances... what has been the challenges, how have your approached this type of writing, and can you recommend any resources?Also- how successful were your applications and what items (besides the similar research interests between your work and the funding sponsor) do you think advanced your application? Thanks and looking forward to your insights!