Editing Introduction to Graduate Research (Fall 2023) (section)

=== Week 4: 10.11 ===
[[Introduction_to_Graduate_Research_(Fall_2023)/Week 4|Session plan]]

'''Challenge: Where does the money come from?''' Finding funding and support for your work

'''Guests:'''
* Yingdan Lu ([https://canvas.northwestern.edu/files/17285747/download?download_frd=1 CV])

==== Readings ==== 
* Read through the [https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants U.S. NSF GRFP web site]. Pay particular attention to the [https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/application-components/ application components] and [https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/merit-review-criteria/ merit review criteria]. (Also, you may want to review the [https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/applicant-eligibility/ eligibility requirements])
* Lu, Yingdan, Schaefer, Jack, Park, Kunwoo, Joo, Jungseock, & Pan, Jennifer. 2022. [https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221117470 How Information Flows from the World to China]. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221117470.

==== Recommended readings ====
* King, Gary, Pan, Jennifer and Roberts, Margaret E., 2013. [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055413000014 How censorship in China allows government criticism but silences collective expression]. ''American political science Review'', ''107''(2), pp.326-343. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055413000014 (''Lu influence'').

==== Written work and activities ====
'''1. Submit a discussion provocation.'''

'''2. Fellowship (Grant) applications:''' Develop a draft fellowship application research statement modeled on the requirements and criteria for the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (more commonly known as the NSF GRFP). We will then conduct a round of peer feedback on these statements. 

* Draft a [https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/statements/ Graduate Research Plan Statement] consistent with the NSF requirements and recommendations for GRFP applicants.
** The maximum length of the Graduate Research Plan Statement is two (2) pages. These page limits include all references, citations, charts, figures, images, and lists of publications and presentations. Times New Roman font for all text, Cambria Math font for equations, Symbol font for non-alphabetic characters (it is recommended that equations and symbols be inserted as an image), no smaller than 11-point, except text that is part of an image. Note that the NSF asks statements be no more than 2 pages, size 11 font.
** Submit your statement [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/courses/196467/assignments/1288047 via Canvas].

* Conduct a round of peer feedback with at least one other person in the class. I'll randomly assign pairings to facilitate this, but you are welcome to seek additional feedback (and I recommend you do whenever you plan to develop an actual fellowship or grant application!). It is often helpful to get input from people with some overlapping expertise/interests as well as people who know nearly nothing about your proposed area of research.

==== Additional resources ====

* Northwestern University [https://www.northwestern.edu/fellowships/index.html Office of Fellowships] is a useful resource. See, in particular, the office's [https://www.northwestern.edu/fellowships/find-fellowships/fellowship-finder/index.html fellowship finder tool].