Summer Research

The application deadline for the 2011 Summer Research Grants is February 18, 2011.

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.

***First time applicants will be given priority consideration.***

Applications must consist of three hard copies and one electric copy of each of the following:

  • cover page with project title, applicant's name, and name of home department.

  • 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.

  • budget for use of the summer stipend. curriculum vitae, not to exceed three pages.

  • letter of support from your faculty advisor under separate cover (no electronic copy required) that:

    • Assesses the intellectual merit of the project and confirms that the student is currently enrolled and is expected to return next academic year in good standing

 

Please send application to:

Summer Research Grants
Center for the Study of the American South
The Love House and Hutchins Forum
410 East Franklin St , CB #9127, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-9127
(919) 962-5665
Fax: (919) 962-4433
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