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How to Get Grants and Fellowships

Is Your Writing Better Than Waffles?

By Karen Kelsky | July 5, 2012

Last week, I was working on a client's materials. We were on something like draft #4 of her dissertation abstract, following on weeks of work on her c.v. and job letter. She'd been working hard, and her materials showed it. It was Sunday morning, … [Read more...] about Is Your Writing Better Than Waffles?

Filed Under: How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Major Job Market Mistakes, Postdoc Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: best writing tips, grant writing strategies, key to good writing

How Do You Make a “Short” CV?

By Karen Kelsky | June 5, 2012

Today’s post is a simple one, responding to many queries:  How do you make a “short CV”? A short, or two-page, CV is often required for grant applications and the like.  The point here is to sketch the main highlights of your record without … [Read more...] about How Do You Make a “Short” CV?

Filed Under: How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write CVs, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: how to make a short cv, what is a short cv?

The Foolproof Grant Template–Where Did It Come From?

By Karen Kelsky | October 19, 2011

The fellowship season is upon us, and I'm working with clients on all sorts of grants and fellowships. As part of that process I'm spending a lot of time talking people through the Dr. Karen Foolproof Grant Template. I won't repeat the template … [Read more...] about The Foolproof Grant Template–Where Did It Come From?

Filed Under: How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It Tagged With: how to apply for a fellowship, how to write a grant, secrets of grant writing, writing a fellowship proposal

Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

By Karen Kelsky | July 26, 2011

(Tuesday Post Category--Strategizing Your Success in Academia) Last Tuesday I wrote Part 1 of "Using Rage to Stay Motivated," a Special Request post for Allen.  He asked how to stay motivated while writing his thesis.  Staying motivated through the … [Read more...] about Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

Filed Under: Book Proposals and Contracts, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: dissertation advice, dissertation writing tips, how to stay motivated in graduate school, how to write a thesis, how to write your dissertation, thesis writing tips

How-To(sday): How to Write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract

By Karen Kelsky | July 12, 2011

Tuesdays I will occasionally feature "How-To(sday)" posts,  short  guides to certain genres of academic writing.  I'm happy to take requests for these. Just email me at gettenure@gmail.com. Today we look at the paper/conference … [Read more...] about How-To(sday): How to Write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: how to write a proposal, how to write an abstract, humanities abstract, humanities paper proposal, writing an abstract

Dr. Karen’s Foolproof Grant Template

By Karen Kelsky | July 5, 2011

NOTE: An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter  51 of my new book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job. I am keeping a shortened version here, but for the complete discussion … [Read more...] about Dr. Karen’s Foolproof Grant Template

Filed Under: How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: how to get funded, how to get funding, how to get grant money, how to get money for research, how to write a grant proposal, what goes in a grant proposal

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