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Frequently Asked Questions: Graduate Student Grants Service

1. What is the Graduate Student Grant Service (GSGS)? What kinds of services and information do you provide?
2. What kinds of documentation (bulletin/tip sheets) does GSGS provide to assist graduate students?
3. How can graduate students access directories or databases of fellowships and funding agencies?
4. What's new at the Graduate Student Grants Service?
5. What is the GSGS schedule for workshops and consultations?
6. What kinds of workshops are offered by the GSGS?
   

1. What is the Graduate Student Grants Service (GSGS)? What kinds of services and information do you provide?
This information can be found at http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs

2.What kinds of documentation (bulletins/tip sheets) does GSGS provide to assist graduate students?
The information can be found at http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs/tipsheets.html

3.How can our graduate students access directories or databases of fellowships and funding agencies?
This information can be found at http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs/databases.html

4.What's new at the Graduate Student Grants Service?
This information can be found at http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs

5.What is the GSGS schedule for workshops and consultations?
Contact GSGS to make an appointment for a consultation. See our home page for current workshops being offered.

6. What kinds of workshops are offered by GSGS?
Departmental Workshops outline the funding application process; teach students how to search for programs in the funding databases; and introduce students to an array of funding opportunities in their field. These are available by request from faculty or interested groups of graduate students.

Workshops On Specific Funding Programs: Each fall semester GSGS offers detailed workshops on two major national fellowships such as the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships, or the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Research Abroad Program. The programs vary from year-to-year.

Proposal Writing Forums: In the Fall of 2005, GSGS began a new initiative under the Graduate School 's "Grants for Student Mentoring" program. A series of funding proposal development workshops were facilitated by UMass faculty with grant writing and reviewing experience. These were specifically designed for students currently in the process of drafting grant proposals and planning to apply to a funding program during the fall term. These workshops were very well received and we hope to continue them in the fall of 2006.

How To Find And Apply For Funding Workshop: For the Spring of 2006, GSGS is initiating another new workshop that will provide specific direction for students on using the funding databases to search for programs relevant to their research; go over the application process; address specifics about the proposal as the central part of a funding application; and speak to the importance of the match between funder and proposal. This session will be held in the Calipari computer lab in the Du Bois libraryl.

Please Contact GSGS Or Visit Our Home Page For Information On Upcoming Workshops: www.umass.edu/gradschool/gsgs