GOT MONEY?
Welcome to the Fellowship/Grant section of the ASA Student Zone! These pages are intended to help you find funding as an undergraduate student, a graduate student, or a post-doctoral researcher. The breadth of acoustical topics covered by the ASA is enormous, and funding sources for these areas of research are even broader. To help guide you through the process, the awards are categorized by academic status. There is also a special section featuring tips and suggestions for writing an effective proposal. Good luck!

GRANTWRITING WORKSHOPS AT ASA MEETINGS
Be sure to take advantage of these workshops for students given periodically at ASA meetings. Previous workshop sessions include:
• The Mechanics of Grantwriting (June 2006 meeting in Providence): Presentation slides are available from this introductory session with information about full and letter proposals, essential proposal components, common mistakes, the state of funding among federal funders, and what to do if/when your grant proposal is not funded.
• Evolving Funding Opportunities (Dec 2007 meeting in New Orleans): presentations and roundtable discussions with expert panelists representing the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH/ NIDCD), and the Acoustical Society of America Prizes and Special Fellowships committee. The focus is to inform students and young investigators about how funding opportunities change as individuals transition from student, to post-doc, to young faculty.

PROPOSAL WRITING TIPS FROM FUNDING AGENCIES
Grant Writing Tips Sheets from the National Institutes of Health
Grant Proposal Guide from the National Science Foundation
Submitting a Proposal by the Office of Naval Research

PROPOSAL WRITING TIPS FROM OTHER SOURCES
How to Write a Fellowship Proposal by Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Tips on Writing Grant and Fellowship Applications by The Princeton Review
Proposal Writing Tips by Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Proposal Writing Resources from the University of Washington Libraries
Grant Writing Resources from the Feinberg School of Medicine

Many other grant and proposal writing tips are available through university home pages.

TOP TEN LIST
How can I write an effective proposal? Here are ten ideas to keep in mind as you get started.
1. Be clear, be organized, be detailed.
2. Avoid jargon--say what you mean in clear, simple language.
3. Proof read your draft for spelling and grammar.
4. Include figures and tables to help explain your work, but don't over do it. There should be a good balance between figures and text.
5. Use all of the space that you are given, be it 4 pages or 25.
6. Have advisors and colleagues from your institution review the draft.
7. Include enough background to make your point, but don’t focus on it. The focus should be your new research.
8. Provide good alternative approaches and contingency plans in the event your original approaches do not work
9. Describe how the proposed research addresses a gap or problem area.
10. Impress reviewers with your up-to-date knowledge of your field ... reference work from your lab and from your competitors.