In this issue (from ARFS):

February 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News – We list funding opportunities for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.

Who is Winning Humanities Funding and Why? – We discuss four winning NEH proposals and what makes them effective.

What Exactly Are Societal Challenges – NSF’s funding opportunities are increasingly focused on addressing societal challenges, but what do they mean by that? We discuss the Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges program as an example of what NSF is looking for when they use that term.

NSF S-STEM Webinar Report  – We discuss the highlights of NSF’s recent webinar on the new solicitation for the Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program.

The Context and Significance of Your Research – The key to funding is convincing your funder that your research will have a significant impact on the funder’s mission and priorities. We discuss how to do that. 

Changes to the AFRI Foundational Program 2023 – USDA/NIFA just posted the new AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program RFA. We discuss changes to the program. 

Too Much To Say? Strategies to Meet the Page Limit – Getting your project narrative under the page limit is often a struggle. We discuss ways to do that without compromising your message (reprinted from the August 2020 issue).

Cultivating Grantsmanship Among Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students – We discuss why you should teach your humanities graduate students how to compete for funding and how to go about it (reprinted from the May 2021 issue).

The Role of Stakeholders in a Competitive Proposal – Many funders expect you to have a strong plan to engage stakeholders. We discuss those expectations (reprinted from the July 2020 issue)

If you would like to discuss any of the information in the newsletter in preparation for a grant submission, please let me know.   

Thank you.  

--Iwan