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Crafting Competitive Funding Proposals

A DECADE/Humanities Commons workshop for for minorities, women and First Gen grad students in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Join us for a three-part workshop:
o Finding funding opportunities;
o Grad students on challenges and resources in applying for funding
o Crafting personal statements and research narratives: writing activities

Araceli Calderón, PhD candidate in Spanish, received an American Association of University Women (AAUW) dissertation completion fellowship, a UC-MEXUS research grant and was an Imagining America Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Fellow.

Danilo Caputo, PhD candidate in English, received a Chancellor's Club Fund for Excellence Fellowship and his proposal for a Humanities Commons Collaborative Conference grant is used as a best practice example.

Amanda Swain, Humanities Commons executive director, serves as research development officer for the School of Humanities, working closely with graduate students on funding proposals. She has helped students receive funding from UC-MEXUS, Fulbright-Hays, DAAD, ACLS/Mellon, AAUW, and other UC and national funders.