{"id":15536,"date":"2024-10-16T10:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/?page_id=15536"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:32:00","slug":"fundamentals-of-grant-writing-across-disciplines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/workshops\/fundamentals-of-grant-writing-across-disciplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundamentals of Grant Writing Across Disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Fundamentals of Grant Writing Across Disciplines Series is a five-week course open to any faculty members who are pursuing a specific funding opportunity and would like support or who want to hone their skills developing a proposal. It will be taught by a WSU Office of Research Development Specialist, Lydia Baxter-Howard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course consists of five 1.5-hour sessions, including participant discussions, short lectures, take-home assignments, and in-class sharing and feedback on take-home assignments. Before the course, participants are expected to have selected a funding opportunity to target. If needed, participants may also attend a prerequisite session for finding funding, held <strong>February 3, 2026 from 9:30am \u2013 11:00am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants will be provided with grant-writing tools and copies of the lecture slides. Sessions will be presented virtually and in-person in the Pullman Office of Research conference room (Lighty 280) on <strong>Tuesdays, 9:30am \u2013 11:00am, February 17, 2026 \u2013 March 24, 2026<\/strong> (with a week off for WSU Spring Break).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xxsmall\">Session topics will include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Project Goals (Specific Aims or Project Summary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supplementary Documents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broader Impacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peer Review<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested faculty members are invited to submit an online application, including a letter of support from their chair or director, by <strong>February 1, 2026<\/strong>. Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu\">or.orap.servicedesk@wsu.edu<\/a> with any questions regarding the workshop or the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__82924\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Application Materials<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__82924\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xxsmall\">The following items are required in addition to your basic information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>Cover Letter<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>No longer than two pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Address your current research, scholarship, or creative practice. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss goals for the future and how attending this workshop will assist meeting those goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A brief <strong>Letter of Support <\/strong>from your department chair, program director, or equivalent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A two-page<strong> Curriculum Vitae<\/strong> <strong>or Biosketch<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A funding opportunity that you would like to target through this workshop.\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have anything in mind yet, you can work with an ORAP team member to explore funding opportunities that might be suitable for your work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__34191\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Eligibility<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__34191\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p>This training series is suitable for WSU<strong> <\/strong>faculty members <strong>in any track <\/strong>from<strong> any discipline<\/strong> and <strong>any WSU location<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h2 id=\"unique-id-1__2952\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Conditions<\/button>\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__2952\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p>Selected applicants will attend <em>each session<\/em> <em>of the workshop <\/em>at no cost to their home unit. 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