Working on your dissertation, but feeling isolated at home? Open to graduate students who are at the dissertation-writing stage, this two-week intensive offers both synchronous and asynchronous opportunities to participate in a focused community of writers in order to build support and accountability. Apply by May 11th!

Whether your goal is to communicate the relevance of your work, recruit a potential collaborator, or impress a prospective employer, success hinges on your ability to articulate what you are doing and why it is worth doing. In this first session, participants will learn about elevator pitch structure and draft a baseline elevator pitch. Participants are strongly encouraged to return for next week’s practice session. 

The effort required to apply for grants or fellowships can be exhausting, especially when you don’t get the results you were hoping for. The key to getting funding is persistence, but how do you learn from rejection and keep going? At this session graduate student Mélise Edwards will share her story of regrouping and moving forward after a round of funding rejections, leading to her being awarded a prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship. We will also discuss how grant and fellowship writing fits into your overall professional development and the skills you gain from applying, regardless of the outcome.