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Summer 2026 Writing Groups
We are currently gauging interest for our Summer 2026 Writing Groups. Please fill out one of the forms below to express your interest and availability. Please keep an eye on this page (and our weekly emails) for forthcoming updates about our writing groups at the Graduate Writing and Presenting Lab.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Writing Group
Four sessions on Thursdays: June 4, 11, 18, and 25
Weekly from 5:30PM-7:30PM
This writing group will take place entirely online.
Sign Up Here
The Fulbright Program is a prestigious international exchange initiative funded by the U.S. government that supports students, scholars, and professionals in studying, researching, or teaching abroad. It aims to foster cross-cultural understanding and collaboration by placing participants in countries around the world to engage in academic work and community exchange. If you’re interested in the Study/Research grant (whether Academic or Creative/Performing Arts), please sign up for our writing and accountability group to work through generating and editing important application components such as the Statement of Grant Purpose. Please note: there are other required components that you might need to initiate in advance of our group, such as the Affiliation Letter, and you are highly encouraged to review the application components and/or make an appointment with Keegan Scott (Director of the Office for Fellowships at URI) before this writing group begins. Additionally, please make sure you meet the eligibility requirements (for example: “Applicants must be citizens or nationals of the United States of America at the time of the application deadline. Permanent residents are not eligible”). We will be in touch before the end of the Spring 2026 semester to confirm our final writing group calendar for the summer.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) Writing Group
Four sessions on Mondays: July 6, 13, 20, 27
Weekly from 5:30PM-7:30PM
This writing group will take place entirely online.
Sign Up Here
Are you interested in applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)? Since 1952, the program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Consider joining our writing and accountability group this summer, where we will work on generating and editing important application components such as your Graduate Research Plan and Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement. Please note: this writing group is intended for those who will be first-year graduate students (master’s or PhD level) at the start of the Fall 2026 semester (graduate students in their second year or beyond are ineligible). If you will be an undergraduate junior or senior in the Fall 2026 semester who is open to working with graduate students and giving/receiving graduate-level feedback, please also consider signing up. Please also note: applicants must, at the time of submission, be a U.S. citizen, national, or a permanent resident (“green-card” holder). We will be in touch before the end of the Spring 2026 semester to confirm our final writing group calendar for the summer.
Contact us via email at gradwritingcenter@etal.uri.edu for any questions about our workshops, writing groups, retreats, or any other programs we run.