Professional Development and Grant Writing Resource Guide

UT Professional Development and Funding Resources

• Professional Development Award - Application
  To apply for an award, please see the Office of Graduate Studies semester deadlines.
  If your conference is within the appropriate semester application period, download and complete the application and create 3 documents with the following protocols: LastNameApp.pdf, LastNameAbstract.pdf, LastNameAccept.pdf. Email the application, abstract and paper acceptance files to the graduate coordinator: evelyn.porter@austin.utexas.edu. She will upload the documents requesting OGS offer you the award, which you will have to accept and for which you must provide a short report after the conference.
• Graduate School and You
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Intellectual Entrepreneurshp Program dissertation listserve, career and mentoring services
• Hogg Regional Foundation Library Excellent resource for grant researchers - Foundation Center subscriber
  • Allison Supancic Head Librarian - email to schedule a consultation/visit
• Harry E. and Bernice M. Moore Fellowship
• Access UT Job board
• Liberal Arts Career Services Job talk and research track employment support
• Marc Musick "Presentation Dos and Don'ts" (pdf)
• Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
• Faithful Fundraising: Resource Development Guide (ppt) by Emily Cicchini
• Writing Across the Curriculum: Scroll down for Sociology and Social Sciences resources

UT WebSpace

WebSpace is a resource for Web publishing and file storage for students, faculty, and staff at The University of Texas at Austin.You can use WebSpace to store important documents and have the files available anywhere you have an Internet connection and a Web browser. WebSpace also helps you share files with other users and gives you a place to publish a personal home page or Curriculum Vitae.

• Login to your folder Includes instructions for folder creation, upload and IT support
• Sample Rich Text formatted CV, pages one and two
  • CV Page 1 (rtf)
  • CV Page 2 (rtf)
  • CV Directions (doc)

Grant Writing Resource Materials

• NSF Proposal Writing Guide
• NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities
• Advanced Communication Strategies-ICI Persuasion & Argumentation Techniques (pdf)
• Applying Policy Tools to Achieve Long-Term Change (pdf)
• Scholarly Pursuits - Winning Fellowship Proposals (pdf)
• NIH Annotated R01 Grant Application (pdf)
• Worksheet - Standard Grant Proposal Outline (doc)
• Non Profit Guides
• "Ten Commandments of Private Foundation Grant Proposals" article in Science Careers
• Funding for International Field Research (ppt) by Dr. Cynthia Buckley
• UT Office of Research Support IRB Manuel

Professional Resources and Organizations

• American Sociological Association
• ASA Employment
• ASA Journal
• Non-Profit Guides
• The Foundation Center
• Community of Science