WCER Editing Services

Editing is required for all proposals on which WCER is the primary submitting institution. Once the grants team learns that you plan to submit a proposal, the editing team will schedule your editing. The norm is for you to send the editors your proposal materials 8 business days before the funder deadline. This allows you time to review the edit, finalize the proposal, and work with the pre-award staff to route it to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and then the funder. For more information, see WCER’s proposal preparation guidelines

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MOLLY WESLING
Senior Editor

Prior to joining the team, Molly edited research proposals in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. She holds a PhD in Slavic languages and literatures from the University of California, Berkeley and published a book on the cultural mythology of Napoleon in Russia.

Contact: wesling@wisc.edu

Christine has more than a decade of experience editing academic papers, books, and grant proposals. She holds a master’s degree in history of science from Harvard University and is an award-winning researcher and writer for public history projects.

Contact: cwenc@wisc.edu

If you wish to work with the editors in earlier stages of developing a proposal, please contact us directly. This iterative process can be invaluable in creating a successful proposal.

Our presentations for graduate classes and seminars cover how to make your proposal more competitive, resources you can draw from, and thoughts on specific funders and funding opportunities. Contact Molly to arrange a presentation for your students.

Our grant notification service (GNS), sent to subscribers approximately every 3 weeks, lists pending funding opportunities. Send a message to wesling@wisc.edu with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

WCER Resources for Researchers contains up-to-date template documents to aid in crafting your proposal, including the auxiliary sections that are becoming vital for a proposal to receive funding. These include dissemination, data management, and postdoctoral mentoring plans; human subjects narrative; timeline; and institutional capabilities. The webpage also includes a sample of publicly available, funded grant proposals, both federal and non-federal, as well as searchable grant databases.

The WCER working paper series is used to share preliminary findings with the larger education community and to stimulate discussion and feedback from scholars working on related topics. To submit send Molly an abstract of up to 200 words, key words, and a draft of the paper.