Academic grants are non-repayable funds disbursed by government, trust, foundation or a society. This tag refers to questions related to source and utilization of such funds, criteria for award of such funds, etc
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Applying for research funding as an independent researcher?
I am a Masters degree holder in Computer Science. Where I live, the most popular way of receiving research grants is from the government. There are two problems with that.
First, You have to be ...
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Are there grants available to pay for travel to my PhD program?
I have looked at this thread travel grant but it talks about when the OP already was pursuing his PhD.
I am from India and have a different scenario as I have just received my PhD offer in Computer ...
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What sections should I include in the Project Description section of my NSF grant proposal?
I am a Ph.D. student, and I am writing my first proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research grant in the field of chemistry.
One thing that I have found very confusing is ...
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List dollar amount of small grants on C.V.?
This is related to this question, but I don't believe a duplicate since the dollar amount there was impressive, whereas mine are not.
I have been awarded several intra-University small grants ($2-4k ...
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On the use of grant funds for extracurricular research
While reading the PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH section of some completed NSF award abstracts, I expected to find papers only within the limited scope of the goals of the ...
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Sources of information about postdoctoral/PhD grants and funding
We are a research group in Spain. For first year postdocs and PhDs from other european countries that want to come to our lab, there is no support for spanish ministry of science. Therefore we wonder ...
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What sources of funding do faculty in Computer Science dept. in US universities have other than NSF?
I made the question a bit more specific (location:US, discipline: CS) as I'm interested in answers pertaining to those details, but I can make it completely generic if the community so suggests...
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FOIA request for full NSF awards proposal and report
Related to this question on mathoverflow…
Indeed, I just found out that to see full proposal or later reports. One needs to file a FOIA request, as described here.
So I am curious if anyone has done ...
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How much time before (possible) effect of US sequester is felt on grant funding?
When a US institution that manages grant programs (such as NSF) suddenly sees its funding cut, as will be the case after the US sequester takes effect in March, how long does it take for that cut to ...
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What are some guidelines and best practices for releasing PR statements and project summary to the general public?
What are some guidelines and best practices for PR statements and releasing a project summary to the general public? My first tendency is to always shorten the project summary, reduce the length of ...
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How an academic can reconcile the problem of collaboration and competition with colleagues at the same time?
In many fields of academia, a professor must get grants to fund his research (e.g., medicine, biology).
Early in academic career, a scientist can have naive expectations about how things work in ...
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Paying for page charges after a grant ends
Often publications resulting from funded research are published after the grant ends. It seems nowadays more and more publishers are requiring fees (submission fees, page charges, and open access ...
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Is it advisable to mention the dollar amount for grants on a CV?
I'm a soon-to-be post-doc and am currently sending my resumes to people and applying to places. 4 years ago, I applied for a grant and got funding for 3 years for everything — meaning my tuition, pay, ...
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Are there any changes in NSF proposals/awards processes that are likely to be of special interest/relevance to PIs?
The NSF has recently released a new version of their Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide, releasing their previous guides. (See their Dear Colleague Letter.) This contains a number of ...
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should your CV include unfunded grant applications?
It seems that more and more schools are encouraging their faculty to apply for (and secure) external funding. I have not yet been awarded any research grants. If I'm applying for jobs at research ...
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How exactly does submitting an interdisciplinary NSF fellowship proposal affect your chances at winning it?
I've received differing answers from many people on this. I'm proposing a planetary atmospheres project and while I'm submitting it to Geosciences - Climate Dynamics, I'll also probably include ...
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Research Information System
My employer is considering implementing Atira PURE to help manage grant applications and grant funding at the university level.
Seems like it might have some benefits... but could also add a costly ...
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Can grant money be spent on travel to program committee meetings?
Many research conferences hold an in-person program committee meeting for all of the members of the program committee, where the PC members make the final decisions about which papers to accept or ...
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Are books and professional society memberships allowable expenses under US federal grants?
Can you include books and/or professional society memberships in expenses under grants from agencies like NSF and NIH?
I've purchased lots of books under grants from DOE and the Air Force in the ...
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Are there any particular grants or fellowships in the sciences specifically for non-traditional students?
After obtaining my masters degree, I spent four years doing other things before returning to pursue my PhD. My advisor has a Dept. of Energy grant which has funded me, but the grant will not be able ...
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What should a progress report contain?
What are the key components of a progress report? There are no official guidelines from the funding agency; all I have is a set of project objectives listed in the original proposal and a target ...
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What information should I include in a letter of support for a grant?
What are the key information that should be included in a letter of support on a grant application? What information should I avoid?
I'm a theorist and I am planning to list my expertise and ...
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Are NSF RUI proposals evaluated separately or are they evaluated against the general pool for that program/division/directorate?
I am preparing to write and submit a grant proposal to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program. This will be my first submission to ...
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Publication sponsorship for research conducted elsewhere
Do universities sponsor a student's conference travel and publication costs if the research on the paper has been done elsewhere? For example, a student may have published a paper during a master's at ...
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How can I get involved in grant proposal reviews as a graduate student?
I need to get some more experience with writing grant proposals, and I know that professors are often invited to review them. How can I get involved in it while still being just a graduate student?
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Sample Research Grant White Paper
I am working on a research grant proposal and the funding agency requires us to turn in a white paper before the actual proposal. I have no clue how a research grant white paper should look like. I ...
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How do you “grow your own” post doc opportunity?
I am a finishing doctoral student (graduation in ~7-9 months) and I would love to get an year or so of postdoctoral experience. I've come to understand that a postdoc is generally paid by funds ...
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Travel grants for International students in the US?
I am an international student in the United States (originally from India) and have been here for my PhD in Mechanical engineering since Fall ’06. I've attended a bunch of conferences all in the US ...
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Publishing a creative, important result – does it create any real finance opportunities (jobs, etc.)
I often fantasize that when I will get my work to successful end, then I will have new possibilities open – and that maybe I will even receive scientific job offers. The work is obtaining new ...
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Historical data for success rate of grant/project applications?
Is there any publicly accessible information regarding the success rate of grant/project applications for science/technology and other research grant programs (e.g. NSF grants) and its variation with ...
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Any reason not to apply for funding as a grad student?
The question is hypothetical, but it came up in a conversation and I'd like to see if we can come up with a logical analysis and conclusion. For various reasons, graduate students might not be ...
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Advisor asking me to work on research not covered by my grant
I have a rather difficult quandary. I'm a first-year student, and I joined my lab group to work on a clinical psychiatry/neuroscience grant. I've been making slow progress towards familiarizing myself ...
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Who evaluates Marie Curie proposals ?
Who are the evaluators of the Marie Curie IEF proposals? Other academics ? How are they selected ?
