Conceptualizing project development: a project is an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. A project could be a research paper, a dissertation, a job search, a grant proposal, a book, e.t.c. For more details about planning a project including components of a project, formulating goals and objectives, resources, plus all planning involved, refer to the Grant-writing workshop series.
Workshops
The Humanities Center holds a three-part grant-writing workshop series in the fall and spring quarters. The workshops include identifying and applying for external funding opportunities, how to write successful applications for grants and fellowships, and developing and communicating your research to different funders and reviewers. Graduate students in their first and second years, as well as advanced students, are encouraged to attend. Announcements are made through the humanities graduate student email listserv.
Grant-Writing & Research Development Summer Institute (JUNE 20-30, 2023)
Grant-Writing & Research Development Institute: In partnership with UCI’s Graduate Division, the Humanities Center ran a Grant-Writing & Research Development Institute in 2022 and 2023 funded by a grant from the Council for Graduate Schools. The Grant-Writing & Research Development Institute was designed to expand PhD students’ capacities in grant-writing, research development, and project development.
Grant-writing is a conceptual capacity and a collaborative practice, along with a set of skills. Whether in faculty, academic administration or nonprofit careers, grant-writing takes place in the broader context of staff team roles, project development, organizational goals, fundraising plans, and institutional partnerships. The institute approached grant-writing holistically with sessions that focused on technical skills, on understanding the collaborative process from a variety of perspectives, and on understanding the role of grant-writing in the broader process of research planning and project development.
