Complete your grant proposal with dedicated support.

CSSI’s Grant Writing Residency Program (GWRP) supports faculty and scientific staff who are preparing to submit a grant proposal. Regardless of discipline, our staff are ready to offer specialized services and expertise to assist you through every stage of the grant development process. 

GWRP participants work in residence at our center and collaborate closely with the center's grant development staff to create polished, competitive proposals. The Grant Writing Residency Program is competitive and limited to a small number of applicants. 

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Program Features & Benefits

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Dedicated Workspace

Work within quiet assigned offices to support focused writing and research. Receive full access to the center's meeting rooms, printing stations, and break areas.

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Supportive Community

Engage with other participants, faculty, and professional staff members to provide updates on goals and progress, discuss roadblocks, and identify helpful resources.
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Collaborative Learning

Participate in the Grant Writers' Circle, regular cohort meetings, workshops, networking events, and opportunities for development.
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Research Funding

Receive up to $1,000 to support pilot data, travel, or other related expenses, which may be used during your residency or as a part of your grant application.

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How to Apply

Dates & Deadlines

Applications open: Early to mid-October

Application deadline: Friday, December 4, 2026. Applicants are notified of application status within two weeks from the application deadline.

Program dates: The Grant Writing Residency Program aligns with the Spring Semester Calendar.

Eligibility

Applicants must be affiliated with the University of Iowa.

Faculty members across all ranks and tracks, as well as scientific staff, are eligible. Priority will go to applicants, especially researcher affiliates, conducting social science research and proposing to use CSSI research services. 

Instructions

When applications are open, applicants must submit the following information through our application portal below.

APPLICANT INFORMATION

  • Applicant Name
  • Project Title
  • Project Abstract (50-100 words). Provide a succinct overview of the project. Assume reviewers do not have technical knowledge in a specific field.
  • Funding Source, Deadline, and Award Amount. Describe the funding source, deadline, and award amount for the proposal.

Project Information

If preferred, the project information can be submitted as an attached pdf in the application portal.

  • Project Overview (300-500 words). Briefly introduce the project, its significance and potential impact, and its relevance to CSSI’s mission. Clearly state the objectives of the research.
  • Project Methodology (300-500 words). Describe the methods that will be used to achieve the project’s objectives. This includes research design, data collection methods, and analysis techniques.
  • Project Plan and Timeline (300-500 words). Describe the current status of the grant proposal, and summarize your goals and timeline for completing the proposal.

Program Expectations

  • Research Funds. Describe how you currently plan to use the research-related funds.
  • Residency Schedule. Participants are expected to work in residence a minimum of 10 hours per week at CSSI. Please describe the day(s) and time(s) each week you plan to work in residence if selected for the program.
  • Reporting Expectations. Participants are asked to acknowledge CSSI in all publications and presentations supported by participation in this program, and to notify cssi-office@uiowa.edu of all publications, presentations, and grants related to program work. 

Additional Attachments

  • Curriculum vitae or biographical sketch
  • [Optional] Project Information
  • [Optional] Reference list
Apply by Friday, Dec 4

Previous GWRP Participants

Spring 2026

Katherine Britt, PhD

Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing

"Rural Community Engagement for Education & Risk Reduction Program"

Philip Combiths, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

"Beyond the Norm: A Contextualized Approach to Multilingual Preschool Assessment"

Spring 2025

Cara Hamann, PhD

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology

"Bike Club Toolkit Implementation to Increase Adolescent Bicycling Safety"

Ethan Kutlu, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

"Math Cognition in Developing Bilingual Children"

 

Aislinn Conrad, PhD

Associate Professor in the School of Social Work

"Advancing AI-Enabled Detection and Classification of Child Abuse"

Iulian Vamanu, PhD

Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science

"Libraries as Sites of Resilience: Training Librarians to Prepare for Climate Extremes, Health Emergencies, Economic Recessions"

Spring 2024

Isaac Petersen, PhD

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

"Precision Phenotyping of the Externalizing Spectrum on a Developmentally Informed, Common Metric Across Infancy to Adulthood"

Bingbing Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication

"Communicating Climate Injustice: The Effects of Solution Journalism on Climate Change Public Engagement Among Marginalized Communities and the General Public."