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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, February 26th - 1:00-2:00pm (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
Wednesday, March 11th - 10:00-11:30am (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
Tuesday, March 24th - 2:30-3:30pm (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.

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Heidi Bauer Clapp

Heidi Bauer-Clapp

Associate Director, Office of Professional Development
Email: hbauerclapp [at] grad [dot] umass [dot] edu
Phone: (413) 545-0669

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