The GSSR Summer School 2022 is designed for PhD students in Humanities and the Social Sciences to exchange knowledge, enhance their academic skills, and gain experience while forming social bonds with faculty and fellow students, which will benefit their academic and professional careers and personal lives. With the aim to provide best practices for, and address issues regarding doctoral research and careers after graduation, the practical theme of the GSSR Summer School 2022 was Grant Writing.

Grant Writing is the process of identifying, developing and submitting a proposal for funding (grant proposal) to public or private organizations operating in or outside academia. The result of successful grant writing is funding (i.e., the grant) awarded on competitive basis for achieving well-identified purposes. For doctoral students, winning a grant matters on many levels: it facilitates research, it conveys your strong level of scientific independence, thus enhancing your employability, and it brings recognition to the host institution, among others. The purpose of the GSSR Summer School 2022 was to strengthen your grant writing skills, taking into account disciplinary expectations for successful proposals.

Grant Writing is the process of identifying, developing and submitting a proposal for funding (grant proposal) to public or private organizations operating in or outside academia. The result of successful grant writing is funding (i.e., the grant) awarded on competitive basis for achieving well-identified purposes. For doctoral students, winning a grant matters on many levels: it facilitates research, it conveys your strong level of scientific independence, thus enhancing your employability, and it brings recognition to the host institution, among others. The purpose of the GSSR Summer School 2022 was to strengthen your grant writing skills, taking into account disciplinary expectations for successful proposals.

To enhance students’ academic skills, international experience and social networks, the Summer School 2022 combined (1) the workshop method (small group discussions) with (2) lectures and round-tables, (3) student presentations and (4) social events. The prevailing means of training was the workshop method – together with faculty, PhD students worked in small groups to address problems of grant writing (all participants, irrespective of year of study), dissertation research (year 1-3 students), and labor market transition after PhD (year 4 students).

The Program of the GSSR Summer School 2022   [PDF, 64.17 KB ]