Upcoming Grants and Fellowships Workshops!
Events offered by OPD teach graduate students and postdocs tips and tools to strategically search for relevant funding and help participants craft competitive, cohesive funding proposals.
Grant Series Part I: Funding Search Strategies
Thursday, December 11th - 10:00-11:00am (online)
Need external funding to support your research? Get started by learning about basic tools available to UMass graduate students and postdocs to help find grants and fellowships. We’ll also discuss tips to manage your funding search.
Grant Series Part II: Framing & Writing the Proposal
Tuesday, December 16th - 1:00-2:30pm (online)
A successful grant proposal requires good ideas that are organized well. This session will outline various application elements, provide tips to craft a clear, cohesive proposal, and discuss common reasons proposals fail.
Convincing Funders that Your Work Matters
Friday, December 19th - 10:30-11:30am (online)
A critical component of any funding application is communicating the contributions of your work. In this session, we will outline how to recognize what your funder values and discuss strategies to communicate the significance of your work to diverse funding audiences in any type of funding proposal.
Armstrong Research Grant: Proposal Introductions & Research Objectives
Tuesday, January 6th - 10:30-11:45am (online)
Planning to apply for the competitive Armstrong Graduate Student Research Grant for the February 1, 2026 deadline? This session will help you write an effective introduction to your proposal and clear research objectives. We will also discuss how to provide useful background information for your proposed research.
Grant Series Part I: Funding Search Strategies
Thursday, January 8th - 10:00-11:00am (online)
Need external funding to support your research? Get started by learning about basic tools available to UMass graduate students and postdocs to help find grants and fellowships. We’ll also discuss tips to manage your funding search.
Armstrong Research Grant: Methods & Research Approvals
Tuesday, January 13th - 10:30-11:45am (online)
Planning to apply for the competitive Armstrong Graduate Student Research Grant for the February 1, 2026 deadline? This session will help you write a methods section that reviewers outside your discipline can understand. We will also discuss how to get started with applications for IRB approval (for human subjects research), IACUC approval (for research involving animals), or travel approval.
Grant Series Part II: Framing & Writing the Proposal
Wednesday, January 14th - 1:30-3:00pm (online)
A successful grant proposal requires good ideas that are organized well. This session will outline various application elements, provide tips to craft a clear, cohesive proposal, and discuss common reasons proposals fail.
Armstrong Research Grant: Research Contributions & Project Budgets
Tuesday, January 20th - 10:30-11:45am (online)
Planning to apply for the competitive Armstrong Graduate Student Research Grant by the February 1, 2026 deadline? This session will help you clearly articulate the potential contributions of your research that will make sense to reviewers outside your discipline. We will also discuss how to structure your project budget and budget justification.
Convincing Funders that Your Work Matters
Wednesday, January 21st - 10:30-11:30am (online)
A critical component of any funding application is communicating the contributions of your work. In this session, we will outline how to recognize what your funder values and discuss strategies to communicate the significance of your work to diverse funding audiences in any type of funding proposal.