Best Practices in Grant Writing for RSF

RSF staff will discuss the foundation's programs and the application process at a webinar on April 3, 2023, at 2PM ET. 

Register here.

Please visit our website to review our Tips for Grant Writing Success page and Examples of Successful Letters of Intent and Proposals. You can also view a 5-minute video on how to submit LOIs or other applications using our grants management system.

We are seeking an organized graduate student to serve as a Research Assistant to aid in a grant-funded research project. You will support the project by completing literature searches and reviews to identify factors impacting elementary literacy achievement, with the goal of identifying data sets to bring into a virtual reality (VR) environment for future teachers at the Imaging Research Center. You will be a part of a passionate, knowledgeable cross-disciplinary research team.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting literature searches using appropriate databases
• Summarizing and synthesizing results of literature review
• Participation in research team meetings and ongoing project discussions
• Detailed documentation of literature review process and organization of literature and findings
• Research into the availability of identified data sets of interest

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to develop, organize, and maintain systems to manage projects
• Experience within the field of education (school or community-based work with youth) and an asset-based orientation to students, families, and communities 
• Experience with academic research (using databases, conducting literature reviews, managing data, etc.)

We are seeking someone for 10-15 hours per week for the semester, with the possibility of extending through the summer. Pay is $22/hour. 

Please send a resume/CV and a transcript to Dr. Amy Tondreau at amytondreau@umbc.edu if interested, and feel free to reach out with any questions.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Center for Social Science Scholarship
Summer Fellowships!

Download the application here.

Applications are now being accepted for the Center for Social Science Scholarship Summer Fellowship.  The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research by tenure-track or tenured faculty in the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, resulting in a submittable product by December 2023.  Up to three fellows will receive a $6,000 award during the summer of 2023. 

By December 2023, each Fellow agrees to complete a submittable product, which can include an external grant or fellowship proposal, journal article, policy paper, book manuscript, or book chapter; upon completion, Fellows shall provide a copy of this submitted product to the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Fellows who are preparing an external proposal are expected to work with CS3's research administration staff for pre- and post-award assistance.

Interested faculty should complete and submit an application consisting of this downloadable 2-page cover sheet and proposal that adheres to the specified guidelines. The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 15, 2023.

Applications will be reviewed and ranked by members of the Center for Social Science Scholarship Advisory Board, according to the following criteria:

• Quality of proposed research project;
• Significance of the project in its field;
• Publishing/funding potential of the work;
• Qualification of the faculty member to carry out the work, including the requisite expertise in the topic area and prior research productivity;
• Likelihood that the proposed work can be successfully completed with fellowship support and that it will result in a submittable product within the specified time period;
• Approval and recommendation of faculty member's department chair.

For more information, interested faculty may contact Christine Mallinson, Director, or Felipe Filomeno, Associate Director.  

Funds for this fellowship are provided by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), and the UMBC Vice President for Research.

On this episode we hear about the work of the Domestic Violence Action Research Collective (DVARC). I speak with Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, Assistant Professor in the UMBC Department of Psychology, and Liz Odongo, Director of Grants and Programs at the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

On Campus Connections, we hear about a UMBC dissertation from the Department of Psychology, written by doctoral graduate John Persampiere.

Anger-Reactivity and Treatment Violence Among Court-Mandated Partner-Violent Men

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