My name is Andrew Kunihiro and I am a 5th year PhD student in the Department of Nutritional Sciences. My dissertation research focuses on the metabolism and bioactivity of curcumin, a dietary polyphenol from the turmeric rhizome. Specifically, I look at how curcumin can prevent bone destruction caused by bone-metastatic breast cancer.
Dear Graduate Students,
In the funding world, we like to say that fellowships go to people and grants go to projects.
Generally, this is a fairly accurate description. But, you ask, does this matter?
Travis Sawyer, a graduate student who has worked with us in the Office of Fellowships, has had great success both in obtaining fellowship proposals for himself and in assisting other graduate students in writing their own fellowship proposals.
Collectively, the Graduate College Office of Fellowships has approximately 31 years of experience with fellowships. In this last newsletter of 2016 I will pass along some bits and pieces we have learned along the way.
Now that it is the middle of application season, we have gotten a number of questions about writing timelines for fellowship applications. Here are a few tips:
If the prospect of all the holiday social obligations fills you with unmitigated delight, you can stop reading this article now. Go ahead and click on another article.
Now that it is just those of us who feel at least some measure of anxiety anticipating social events we can discuss the topic at hand – holiday parties.
With all of the fellowship opportunities in the fall, a graduate student could spend the semester writing fellowship applications. Don’t.
Your main goal as a graduate student should be to, as quickly as is reasonably possible, set yourself up for the next step in your career. Applying to a few choice fellowships can help you achieve this goal.
But how do you decide which fellowship application is worth your time?
Do your research. Ask yourself, how well do I fit this opportunity?
