The Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) is hosting a 2+ day workshop designed for graduate students and faculty of color in all disciplines to work in a mentor setting to develop and deploy proven strategies in submitting competitive fellowship and grant applications to the Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, and other funding sources. Application is required to attend the workshop as a graduate student and as a faculty mentor. Application deadline: September 7th, 2012
INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ADVOCACY (IDEA) Workshops
Friday
Sept. 14
9am-3pm
Coffman Memorial Union
Room 332
(optional for faculty)
Friday
Sept. 21
9am-4pm
Walter Library
Room 101
(Lunch provided)
Saturday
Sept. 22
9am-12pm
Appleby Hall
Rooms 41 & 65
(Optional individual meetings with facilitators will be pre-scheduled on Friday)
Overview & Goals
This 2+ day workshop is designed to mentor graduate students of color in all disciplines to develop and deploy proven strategies in submitting competitive fellowship and grant applications to the Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, and other funding sources!
The workshops will help participants to identify funding and to develop and receive feedback on proposals through individual consultations with faculty facilitators with successful grant writing experience.
Application Process for Faculty
Please submit:
• Brief statement regarding your research
(100-200 words).
• List of targeted funding source(s) and type
(pre-doctoral, dissertation, postdoc, or grant).
• Two-page maximum curriculum vitae (CV).
Space is limited to 15 faculty participants.
If you would like to attend an introduction to grant writing workshop being held on September 14 please indicate via email when submitting your application.
Application Process for Graduate Students
To be considered, please submit:
• Brief statement regarding your research (100-200 words).
• List of targeted funding source(s) and type (pre-doctoral, dissertation, postdoc, or grant).
• Two-page maximum curriculum vitae (CV).
Applicants must attend both workshops. Space is limited to 25 post doc participants.
Send all application materials to jcaron@umn.edu.
For more information, visit:
diversity.umn.edu/idea/workshopsevents
Sponsored by
Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advocacy (IDEA)
Office for Diversity in Graduate Education (ODGE)
