Call for Proposals: THI Undergraduate Research Fellowships 2021-2022
NEW Deadline: November 29, 2021
These fellowships support undergraduate research projects at UC Santa Cruz in the humanities. Up to 10 awards in the amount of $1000 each are given each year. There are no constraints on the expenditure of the stipend. The top proposal receives the Bertha N. Melkonian prize, an additional $1000.
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Eligibility:
Any project involving research within or including any of the humanities disciplines is eligible for consideration. All majors are welcome to apply. Students from Arts and Social Sciences are eligible as well, as long as they are working in the humanities fields. Proposals must be for research to be performed during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Note:
All awardees will be expected to make research posters and present at the Humanities Spring Awards & Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship poster presentation in Spring 2022.
Proposals will be judged on the basis of:
1. intellectual substance
2. promise of results
3. preparation of applicant
4. feasibility
Application consists of:
a) 1-3 page research proposal, describing the research problem to be addressed, what will be done in the project, and what end product (e.g. research paper, senior thesis, project report) is expected. A timetable should be included.
b) A letter of support from a faculty sponsor addressing items 1 through 4 above. Faculty sponsors should send letters of support directly to thi@ucsc.edu. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the letter of support is submitted by the deadline.
*PLEASE NOTE: You must be logged into your ucsc.edu Google account to use this application form.
Questions? Please contact Irena Polić, Managing Director, THI; ipolic@ucsc.edu or 831.459.1780.