Workshop for Stanford graduate students only. Please register at sututor.stanford.edu.
In this workshop, we will review strategies for how to persuade an academic committee that may not be familiar with your field much less your project to give you money. Reviewers want to know what the research will accomplish, how you’re going to do it, how it’s different from other research, and why it’s important. Consequently, the workshop will show you how to break down your project into its salient components—research question, methodology, position within the field of existing research, and major significance—and then present them. We will then practice translating the analytical or descriptive complexity of your research project into succinct, jargon-free language that reviewers will be able to understand. Come to the workshop with laptop or paper, and be prepared to write and share your work! Workshop is designed for graduate students applying for their first fellowships and grants as well as those who wish to strengthen their research statements.
