Summer Research

UNC graduate and professional students are encouraged to apply for summer awards of $1,500 that can be used for summer research or other academic projects. Proposals are welcome from graduate and professional students in any discipline.

 

Graduate and professional student award recipients will be expected to present the results of their work in the annual spring Southern Research Circle's Interdisciplinary Conference for Graduate Research on the American South. Recipients will also submit short written reports on the work done with the grant, and these reports will be posted on the Center’s website to provide a continuing file of research findings.


How to apply for an annual summer grant.
(Printable instructions can be obtained here.)

The next proposal deadline is Friday, February 12, 2010. Please send three hard copies and one electronic copy of applications to Reid Johnson. Awards will be announced in late April. Students will receive funding in May.

Proposals should include the following:

  1. A cover page with project title, applicant's name, and name of home department.
  2. A double-spaced narrative of not more than 1,000 words describing the project, its guiding questions, and its relationship to existing scholarship. The narrative should also indicate the anticipated project completion date.
  3. A budget for use of the summer stipend.
  4. A curriculum vitae, not to exceed three pages.

Graduate and professional students should ask the faculty advisor to submit a letter of support under separate cover. The advisor should assess the intellectual merit of the project and confirm that the student is currently enrolled and is expected to return next academic year in good standing.

 

For additional information, please call or email the Center using the contact information below.