2009 - Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program in the Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NOTE: The deadline to apply is 5pm, Friday, February 13. Any online applications submitted after this time will not be accepted. The Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program is designed to provide financial support for doctoral students in the humanities, social sciences and other disciplines where students have little opportunity for academic apprentice appointments or other university funding relevant to their graduate training during the summer months. A specific objective of the program is to promote opportunities for students to work closely with a faculty mentor in developing a paper for presentation at an academic conference and/or for publication. General goals are to facilitate close working relationships between faculty and students during the early stages of graduate education, to promote timely degree progress, and to encourage a level of creative scholarship and research productivity that helps prepare students for successful academic careers. Participants are expected to complete a draft of a paper (either single-authored by the student or co-authored with the faculty mentor) by the end of the summer. This paper should be submitted for presentation at a professional conference and/or for publication sometime during the following academic year. It is expected that the faculty mentor will be in residence during the summer and committed to working closely with the student. The entire group of student participants and their mentors will be asked to attend occasional meetings to discuss their specific goals and progress and to provide general feedback on the program. The Graduate Division will offer selected programmatic activities (e.g., workshops on such topics as graduate school funding, human subjects protection, getting into print, career opportunities, presentations, etc.), and student participants are expected to make every effort to take part in these activities. Students receiving the Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award can not be employed more than 25% time. The program is open to doctoral students in the disciplines indicated above who - by the program's start - will have completed at least one year but not more than four years of doctoral study. Students who have advanced to candidacy are not eligible. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Individuals who have not previously received any summer funding from the Graduate Division will be given priority. Chancellor’s Prize and UC DIGSSS awardees activating their Summer 2009 funding are not eligible to apply for the 2009 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship program. The program begins June 15, 2009 and ends August 21, 2009. Program participants will receive a maximum $4,700 stipend. Travel funds (up to $500) will be available on a reimbursement basis to support travel to one conference for each participant whose paper is accepted for presentation during the next academic year (i.e., Fall 2009 through Spring 2010). All GSRM participants must submit the following to the Graduate Division (1252 Murphy Hall) in order to quality for the $500 travel allowance:
The deadline for receipt of all application materials and supporting documents is February 13, 2009. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. A complete application must include the following:
Originals and two copies (3 sets) of documents 2 through 5 must be returned in a sealed envelope to: UCLA Graduate Division For Further Information Contact Liz Taylor, Program Coordinator, at ltaylor@gdnet.ucla.edu or (310) 825-3623. Check the status of your application after you complete the online form. |
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