Applications for the 2025 cohort are due April 10, 2025. 
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Purpose

This workshop series is for faculty and post-doctoral researchers who have identified a funding opportunity and are ready to systematically write a competitive proposal. The series is relevant for any humanities, arts, social science, or education (HASSE) research funding opportunity. All activities will be organized and funded by the Office of Research. The program takes place in spring quarter of 2025 (Fridays at noon – lunch included):

  • April 18, Workshop 1: Translating agency guidelines into a compelling proposal format and conceptualizing the significance of your project.
  • May 2, Workshop 2: Strategies for writing the introduction and the theoretical review and contribution sections
  • May 9, Workshop 3: Strategies for writing the methods section and other proposal parts and making the overall proposal cohesive and compelling.

We provide an encouraging and supportive environment in which cohort members can produce a successful grant proposal. 

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • conduct research in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, or Education.
  • be ladder rank faculty or LSOE, or post-doc, in any college or division, currently employed at UCSB.

Questions? 

Contact Director of Strategic Research Initiatives, Barbara Walker (walker@research.ucsb.edu)