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

 

Current issue

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June 2024 (.pdf)

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. 

June 2024 highlights

  • June 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & NewsWe list funding opportunities for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
  • Funding Profile: Homeland Security Office of University Programs in Science & Technology We provide an overview of the funding programs available through the Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Office.
  • New Faculty Guide to Finding NSF Funding A discussion for new faculty about how to find the right NSF funding opportunity.
  • Heads up! NSF’s New Graduate Student Mentoring Plan Requirement We discuss NSF’s new requirement for a mentoring plan for graduate students.
  • Unsolicited Proposals to Federal Agencies We discuss the various requirements for submitting unsolicited proposals to federal agencies.
  • Win Your Grant on Page 1 – We discuss the importance of starting your proposal narrative with a strong first page.
  • To Revise, Re-Write, or Begin Anew? – When your proposal is declined, how do you decide whether to tweak the proposal to address review comments and resubmit, deeply rewrite it and resubmit, or bury it and start over? We discuss how to make that decision (reprinted from the January 2019 issue).