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Grant Writing and the Hidden Curriculum: Mentoring and Collaborating Across Disciplines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Leah C. Windsor Open the ORCID record for Leah C. Windsor [Opens in a new window]  and
Christian Kronsted Open the ORCID record for Christian Kronsted [Opens in a new window]
Leah C. Windsor
Affiliation:
University of Memphis, USA
Christian Kronsted
Affiliation:
University of Memphis, USA
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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.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 313 - 323
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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