Assignment Question
Now that you developed a detailed research plan and all the necessary components of the first chapter, turn your attention to an important application of this material. While the Ph.D. History program at Liberty University is designed for students currently employed, you may qualify for a grant to fund your research. Grant writing is a unique skill set, and there are even courses at LUO designed to teach these skills. Writing a successful grant can also be a difficult task, especially if you are unfamiliar with the terminology associated with this practice or have the time to develop a detailed proposal. Still, for those Ph.D. students needing to conduct extensive archival research for their dissertations, particularly research at a distance from where they currently live, securing funding for travel, room, and board can offset some of the expense. Such grants are highly competitive and require much more material and attention than one week’s assignment. But this is a start and exposes you to the process. Funding may come in small, outright grants or part of fellowship programs that require short-term and even long-term study in residence. Finally, it is possible that publishing your dissertation may depend upon a “subvention,” or securing funding from a source other than the publisher. Again, a grant might help defray some of the costs.
Step 1: Search websites other than those of Liberty University to locate a grant that might fund your research or publication. Some websites are provided as “read/explore” items in this course, but any internet search should produce usable links to foundations, government agencies, private contributors, or other possible granting organizations. Do not overlook local, state, and event-specific historical societies as well as archives that might sponsor research in their holdings or those of other organizations. Associations consisting of descendants of historic people or groups of people also fund research on their family members. At the top of your submission document, provide the name of the grant or fellowship.
Step 2: Choose a grant/fellowship application that matches your research proposal. Most will include directions on how to fill out the application, list necessary materials, or other essential information. Underneath the name of the grant or fellowship, provide the exact link to the website where the grant is advertised, or the application instructions are provided. Your instructor must be able to use the link to determine what is required in the application.
Step 3: Most applications will require a project abstract, a lengthy description of the project that includes its relevance to the mission or goals of the sponsoring organization, a bibliography, and budget. *If letters of recommendation are required, you can note this but you are not to ask for these.
Remember, this is a “mock” application. If a curriculum vitae or resume are required, you need not provide that in this assignment. It will be required, however, in a subsequent assignment in this course. Provide and write the necessary components of the application as you are able given the material previously submitted for this course. Again, you need not solicit letters of recommendation, provide a transcript of college courses, or offer anything else required in the application but not required for this course. If your chosen grant or fellowship requires that you fill out a form or template to submit the information noted above, then you may do so and submit that form for grading purposes. notes: -find a grant/fellowship application for the topic, which is about ,, Soviet Partisan warfare at he Eastern Front in WW2,, -use uploaded files -you do not need to submit the application just fill it out -use the upoaded materials.