Over 13,000 students applied to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), but only 2,000 succeeded in receiving an award. Candace Benjamin, UT Dallas PhD student and “super scientist” in the Gassensmith Lab, shines among those winners. Candace will receive three years of financial support towards a research-based masters or …read more
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Part Two: How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant? The Entire Grant Proposal Development Task List
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In an earlier blog, I said I would provide a list to all the pieces involved in developing a grant proposal, because there is a lot more to it than the writing, although the writing is obviously a huge part. This is a long list and it is also why I think you need time …read more
Part One: How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant? In Praise of Going Slow
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I have been working with a student on his personal statement for a fellowship application. The document is two pages, double-spaced, so the statement will be less than 600 words by the time it is complete. We’ve been working on this document for about a month. I think this afternoon I sent him the final …read more
How to Contact Program Officers
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The role of a Program Officer (or Program Manager or Technical Point of Contact, depending on the sponsor) varies a lot between sponsors. For example, while it is extremely difficult to get Department of Defense funding without talking to the Program Officer, it is quite common to get funding from the National Institutes of Health …read more
Q&A: Neuroscience Expert Shares Addiction Research
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Dr. Francesca Filbey has made a name for herself through her research on the cognitive neuroscience of addiction. A graduate of King’s College in London, Dr. Filbey is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at UT Dallas and the Director of Cognitive Neuroscience of Addictive Behaviors at the Center …read more
Discover Opportunities by Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
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College is a great time for self-discovery and creating new experiences. You can take part in one or a few of the hundreds of student organizations on campus and start new friendships by meeting people. The undergraduate experience at UT Dallas is no exception. With new student organizations being created every semester and various, new …read more
Nine Questions to A Focused Proposal
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On more than one occasion, I have discussed how important it is to address the “who, what, when, where, and why” of your research project when writing a proposal. One way of addressing those issues in a very systematic manner is by using the Heilmeier Catechism. The Heilmeier Catechism (sometimes called The Heilmeier Criteria or …read more
The Hurtful Lives of Aggressors: Dr. Nadine Connell Takes on Bullies
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You haven’t forgotten about it entirely; that time in elementary school when you were picked on for the clothes you wore, or because your grades weren’t good enough. Or perhaps your grades were too good. You may remember Dr. Nadine Connell, assistant professor of criminology, who kicked off our first blog post with her research …read more
What’s in Your Coffee? Foreign Policy and Brexit Stir into Public Opinion in Historic Election
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It’s October and on the downtown square of a small, Texas town near where I live, a quaint community is embracing Fall. At a corner pub one Sunday afternoon, patrons linger over brew and with the doors to storefronts open, the air smells of coffee and cigars, food and confections from a bakery. It’s a …read more
DARPA Young Faculty Award
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) is designed to give researchers a good look at the challenges and needs of the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security as a whole. The purpose, like the other young faculty programs, is to give researchers the opportunity to build relationships and understanding …read more