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- | ===== Graduate School Writing Fellows in the Disciplines ===== | + | ===== COGS Conference Award ===== |
- | * Eligibility: Doctoral students in any field who have already passed their comprehensive exams, and who can commit to the program in both fall and spring semester. | + | * Eligibility: Only enrolled graduate/professional students can receive this award. |
- | * Funding amount: $1 000 for 1 year | + | * Funding amount: $300 for entire graduate school tenure |
- | * Application deadline: September 14, 2020 | + | * Application deadline: January 6, 2021 |
- | * Requirements: Participating in one 4-hour training session with an experienced writing facilitator, talking with your graduate program director to identify writing needs within your department, notifying doctoral students in your program about the group, convening regular writing group meetings in fall and spring, writing a short final report on the goals and achievements of your group members at the end of each semester. | + | * Requirements: **Statement of Justification**: In 500 words or less, please describe the conference you will be attending, what original research you will be presenting, and how the experience will enhance your academic and/or professional skills. **Letter of recommendation**: Please have your major professor or advisor write a letter (1) confirming your attendance and planned presentation at the conference (2) explaining how this experience will contribute to your academic career. |
- | * Website: https://grad.msu.edu/writing-fellows | + | * Website: https://cogs.msu.edu/resources/funding/conference-award/ |
- | * Notes: Talk with your graduate program director about the kinds of writing projects in your department that might be appropriate. | + | * Notes: Applications will be reviewed at Finance Committee meetings and awarded by approval at full council as long as funds are available for the current semester award budget. Finance Committee may adjust deadlines in future semesters and apply lottery for selection (per funding guidelines) if applications exceed available funding. |
- | RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | + | RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN NEED OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR A CONFERENCE CRITICAL TO THEIR CAREERS |