The Graduate School Professional Development Grant is intended to support meaningful graduate student professional development programming at the department and program level.

The Graduate School currently offers professional development programming on a broad range of topics through the NU Directions series. While this broadly applicable professional development programming for graduate students across disciplines will continue to be offered, The Graduate School recognizes that there is a need for discipline-specific professional development programming and that the professional development needs of graduate students across disciplines may vary.

For this reason, The Graduate School established the Professional Development Grant to fund departmental, program, and cluster efforts to offer graduate student professional development programming. This includes any activity that provides professional and life skill development relevant to the preparation of graduate students for their future career endeavors, whether inside or outside of academia.

Please see the grant guidelines for additional information and instructions for submitting proposals. The deadline for submitting proposals for the 2008-2009 academic year is July 18, 2008. Departments/programs will be notified and funds awarded in late August.