Suad Joseph Undergraduate and Graduate Research Awards

SUAD JOSEPH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS

2023-2024 APPLICATION OPEN NOW!

 

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.  


Grants for undergraduate students

Undergraduate students with sophomore, junior, or senior 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. 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 Wilson Xieu, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies with Suad Joseph Research Grant as the subject. E-mail address mesastaff@ucdavis.edu

Deadline: Sunday, December 10, 2023

Application must include:


A. One page, single-spaced description of the research project including the following
    information:

  1. Your name, class year, major and minors
  2. The name, department, and email address of the UC Davis professor who will supervise the research in a special course
  3. The course code, number, units, and quarter(s) of the special course(s) for supervision of research
  4. The type of project (thesis or other project)
  5. The title of the project
  6. The content of the project: discipline, topic, methods, research questions, and scope of the project
  7. The deadline for the research
  8. Name and amount of any grants received so far for 2023-2024 including summer 2023

B. A budget
C. One confidential letter of recommendation sent via email by the UC Davis professor who will supervise the research to Wilson Xieu, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies


Grants for graduate students

Graduate students in good standing pursuing a Ph.D. or Master's degree may apply for grants of up to $2000 for use in academic year 2024-2025 including summer 2024. 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 UCO student research conference, or another venue. Submit application materials as PDFs attached to one email addressed to Wilson Xieu, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies. E-mail address: mesastaff@ucdavis.edu

Deadline: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Application must include:

1. A single-spaced description of the research project up to 1000 words including the following information:

a. Your name, year of matriculation at UC Davis, degree program, department, any designated emphases, quarter in which you completed or plan to complete exams

b. The name, department, and email address of the UC Davis professor who will supervise the research

c. Any special courses in 2024-25 in which you will make progress in this research project

d. The title of the project

e. The content of the project: discipline, topic, methods, research questions, and scope of the project

f. Name and amount of any grants received so far for 2024-25 including summer 2024

2. A budget

3. One confidential letter of recommendation sent via email by the UC Davis professor who will supervise the research to Wilson Xieu, Program Coordinator, Middle East/South Asia Studies (mesastaff@ucdavis.edu)