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Title: Grant Writing and the Hidden Curriculum: Mentoring and Collaborating Across Disciplines
ABSTRACT Submitting grant proposals is becoming an increasingly common expectation—and, in some cases, a requirement—in the discipline of political science as well as other social sciences and the humanities. However, writing a grant with a good chance of success at getting funded is not part of standard mentorship or pedagogy in our discipline. It is a part of the hidden curriculum, where grant-writing skills often are taught informally in working with a principal investigator. This article describes the process and structure of writing a grant to provide a roadmap for scholars to follow in submitting externally funded projects. The article describes an Institutional Review Board–approved survey about mentorship and grant writing and discusses the importance of socialization, professionalization, and administration in supporting scholars in writing and obtaining grants.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2117009
PAR ID:
10352752
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
PS: Political Science & Politics
Volume:
55
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1049-0965
Page Range / eLocation ID:
313 to 323
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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