Applications are invited for the 2013 Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Summer GRPP Fellowships. There will be two fellowships awarded. The Ethnic Studies Fellowships are an award of $4000 and are intended to support the research of graduate students in CLA who seek to work with faculty mentors in African-American Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano & Latino Studies and Asian American Studies. Application deadline: Friday, May 3rd, 2013.
The Departments of African and African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Chicano and Latino Studies are pleased to announce that there will be two Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Summer GRPP Fellowships in 2013. The CLA Ethnic Studies Summer Fellowship is a $4000 award that will be paid over five pay periods during the summer.
Focus:
This program seeks to foster an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural community of faculty and graduate students committed to studying and teaching various subject in ethnic studies. The Ethnic Studies Fellowships, like the CLA Graduate Research Partnering Program (GRPP), are intended to support the research of graduate students in CLA who seek to work with faculty mentors in African-American Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano & Latino Studies and Asian American Studies.
Application and deadline:
A completed application and proposal must be submitted to CCC@umn.edu by Friday May 3rd.
Selection Process:
A committee of faculty from the host departments will review applications and determine awards based on eligibility and merit of the submitted proposals.
Eligibility:
Recipients of the CLA Ethnic Summer Fellowships are not eligible for other internal fellowships during summer 2013 (e.g. CLA GRPP Fellowships, CLA DOVE Summer Fellowships, Graduate School Dissertation Fellowships, department fellowships). As a condition of the award, recipients may not register for courses during the summer term and may only hold up to a 25% appointment during the summer.
Reporting Requirements:
Each Ethnic Studies Fellowship recipient must submit a 1-3 page progress report to CLA that includes the current status of the project and plans for conference presentations, publications, or exhibits that may result from the partnership by August 28, 2013.
