Suad Joseph Undergraduate Research Grant

Now Accepting Applications

Suad Joseph Grants for Research
on the Middle East, North Africa, and/or South Asia
in the Humanities or the Social Sciences
Deadline: Friday, April 28th, 2023 


Grants for undergraduate students

The Middle East / South Asia Program welcomes applications from all students while especially encouraging applicants from under-represented groups whose contributions to studies of ME/SA peoples and cultures have been marginalized or silenced.  Projects involving research conducted in languages of the ME/SA region will receive special consideration.  Research projects that recognize entrenched forms of social injustice, discrimination, neo-colonialism and/or racial capitalism, and that seek to address these problems in some way, are of special interest to the review committee.   

Undergraduate students with senior or junior status in good standing who are pursuing
undergraduate research in the form of a thesis or other supervised research project may apply
for grants of up to $500 for use in academic year 2023-2024 including summer 2023. Students
who are awarded grants will be required to submit a one-page, single-spaced description of the
research that they accomplished with the funds including information about when and where
they will present or publish the research, such as a ME/SA student research conference, a UCD
student research conference, or another venue. Submit application materials as PDFs attached
to one email addressed to Gurjit Mann, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies
with Suad Joseph Research Grant as the subject. e-mail address mesastaff@ucdavis.edu
 

Application must include:
1. A one page, single-spaced description of the research project including the following
    information:
a. Your name, class year, major and minors
b. The name, department, and email address of the UC Davis professor who will supervise the
    research in a special course
c. The course code, number, units, and quarter(s) of the special course(s) for supervision of
    research
d. The type of project (thesis or other project)
e. The title of the project
f.   The content of the project: discipline, topic, methods, research questions, and scope of the
      project
g. The deadline for the research
h. Name and amount of any grants received so far for 2023-2024 including summer 2023
2. A budget
3. One confidential letter of recommendation sent via email by the UC Davis professor who will
    supervise the research to Gurjit Mann, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies