Workshops

Summer 2025 Workshops

 

 

Funding Your Graduate Education: Database Search
OGFA staff will facilitate small group meetings to assist graduate students with navigating award databases to identify fellowships and awards that are a good "fit" to support their graduate education.

Three-Day Finding Funding Workshop Series
June 24, 25, and 26 | 10AM - 12PM | Register here
Don't know much about the process of finding and applying for external funding? This workshop series is for you! 

  • Day 1: Introduction to the process of finding good fit funding opportunities
  • Day 2: Navigating funding databases and organizing a list of awards
  • Day 3: Researching funding organizations and planning a funding campaign

Draft-Write-Repeat Writing Workshop Series
July 15, 17, 22, and 24 | 10AM - 12:30PM | Apply here
Are you planning to apply for a major competitive fellowship in the next six months? If so, this series is for you! Join the OGFA for this exciting four days of learning and refining effective writing and language strategies for fellowship and award application essays. Please note, this workshop is limited to 15 participants; selection is based on completed applications. 

  • Day 1: Plan. Research the funder and the award, review criteria, make checklist and set goals.
  • Day 2: Draft. Getting started with communicating your research and your fit. Thinking holistically across an application.
  • Day 3 & 4: Revise. Receive feedback (one on one consultations), edit, & edit more. Set up a plan to turn what you have into a complete application.

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