Research Development & Grant Writing News
This newsletter provides recent federal agency and foundation developments, news on funding opportunities and tips to improve grantsmanship and increase proposal competitiveness.
The monthly newsletter, published by Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, typically addresses the following topics:
- Information on new and continuing solicitations (most commonly federal)
- Articles and links to topics of interest to grant writers
- Analysis of sponsor policies, financials and activities
- Suggestions for successful team and consortium building efforts
Contact Doug Bornemann if you would like to view past issues of Research Development & Grant Writing News. Find below the highlights of the current issue.
March 2025 highlights
- March 2025 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News—We list funding opportunities for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
- NIH Funding News—We’ve compiled recent news reports and announcements about recent developments regarding NIH funding.
- NSF Funding News – We’ve compiled recent news reports and announcements about recent developments regarding NSF funding.
- What Should I Do About My NSF CAREER Application?—PIs have to strategize about when to use their three tries. With the recent funding chaos, that decision may be more difficult than usual. We discuss things to consider when deciding whether to apply this year.
- Other funding News—Recent news reports and announcements regarding funding from DOE, DoD, and DoED.
- Academic Peer Review in the Humanities—We discuss how Michele Lamont’s book, “How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment” applies to research proposals (reprinted from the December 2019 issue).
- The Advantages of Coordinated Team Reviews of Proposal Drafts—We discuss why PIs should use internal reviewers to improve their proposals (reprinted from the December 2019 issue).