Funding Your Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

This book demystifies the process of writing winning grant proposals in the humanities and social sciences. Offering practical guidance, step-by-step instructions, and examples of successful proposals, Unruh and Walker outline the best practices to crack the proposal writing code. They reveal the most common peeves of proposal reviewers and offer advice on how avoid common problem areas in conceptualizing and crafting a research proposal in the humanities and social sciences. Contributions from agency and foundation workers offer the perspective from the other side of the proposal portal. It is essential reading for all those involved in funding applications.