- Designate enough time in the month before the application is due to put together a well-thought out proposal, personal statement, and resume.
- Submit drafts to your adviser and other trusted people for feedback.
- Edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite.
- Consider many examples of grant essays and apply what worked for them to your grant.
- Feel proud of yourself for submitting a coherent and substantial application.
What Elyse does:
- Think of an idea for a proposal exactly 12 days before the grant is due.
- Spend the better part of three afternoons writing, rewriting, and rewriting again.
- Submit to adviser just in time to get his feedback on a single draft, maybe two if I'm lucky.
- Submit application and pray that you just get lucky.
- Pray more. Then : epic fail.
Why do I even bother? Because I need an extra $5k a year? When did money become so important? When did I stop having a life? How can I even expect success when I haven't tried very hard? Don't I have any work ethic? and most importantly... how did I become the Goofus against life's Gallantry?
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6 comments:
The last questions in these blog.. They surely make one think! Interesting to read your blog..
hey, you live in chapel hill! what are you studying?
I am pursuing my masters in peace and conflict resolution! What about you?
And do keep on posting! You seem to have written quite a few good articles! Cheers!
i'm a neurobio PhD student! thanks for your comments :) i'll have to check out your blog later, too.
Great! Surely, check it at your convenience!
Nice to know you! Cheers!
And neurobio.. Is that what you said? Sounds interesting... hmm
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