话题背景:这是一篇很好的介绍文章,转来大家研究研究By Cynthia VerbaMost fellowships must be applied for during the academic year prior to when support is needed, with many fellowship deadlines occurring during the fall of the previous year. (Fellowship tenure roughly coincides with the academic calendar.) This means that it is essential to plan ahead, both in terms of identifying fellowship opportunities and in thinking about the application process. For the proposal itself, it is important to keep in mind that a fellowship proposal is a projection of what you expect to accomplish in the future, rather than a statement with definitive conclusions. This should make it easier to write a proposal in advance.The task in the proposal is to offer sufficient reason for why your plans or project are promising why you deserve support.The discussion of how to write a proposal will be dealt with in greater detail below, including the predissertation stage as well as the dissertation stage. First, however, we must consider ways of gathering fellowship information and how to take the follow-up steps.