Provost Master's and Doctoral Fellowships
This page serves as a resource for graduate students who hold a Provost Master's or Doctoral Fellowship that is coordinated through the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Fellowship Expectations
FAQ's about the Fellowship program
As part of your fellowship (whether you are a Master's or Doctoral student), you will be required to submit proposals to external funding agencies
Grant proposal tracking - please email donna.rogers@ttu.edu in the Graduate School and inform her of any proposals that you have submitted. The Graduate School is responsible for tracking the proposal submissions.
The Office of the Vice President for Research may have proposal editing support available. Their office is in the process of hiring a new Research Proposal Editor and we hope to be able to give you her contact information soon. In the meantime, please click here for a Writing Successful Grant Applications powerpoint (provided by Ed Mason, Senior Proposal Administrator).
Grant Proposal and Writing Resources
Texas Tech University Resources
- Search for Funding Opportunities (private and federal funding sources)
- Foundation Center Online - the Texas Tech Library maintains a subscription to this national funding database (eraider login)
- Responsible Conduct of Research at Texas Tech
- ThinkTech - Data management plan available through the TTU Library. Click here for more information.
- Writing Successful Grant Applications
- Grant Writing with Passion, Confidence and Success (Dr. Clifford Fedler, Texas Tech University Graduate School Associate Dean)
- Effective Writing (Dr. Michael Sanfrancisco, Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research)
National Resources
- Getting a Good Research Idea
- Where Do Good Research Ideas Come From? by Ronan Conroy, a statistician - easily extended to other fields
- Good Writing
- The Owl at Purdue - Help for the verbose
- Proper word usage - Iowa State
- The Science of Scientific Writing
- National Institutes of Health
- Current NIH Application due dates
- Know your funding mechanisms Different types of grants funded by NIH - R's, K's, T's, F's and more
- National Science Foundation
- Humanities
- NEH Grant Proposal Guide
- Glasscock Center for Humanities Research - blog and archive with extensie updated opportunities and due dates listed.
- How to Get a Grant from NEH