Summer 2021 Graduate Student Researcher Opportunity

The Science & Justice Research Center is pleased to announce we are now accepting applications for:

Summer Graduate Fellowships

The award was established to support summer research conducted by graduate students currently working on established collaborative Center research projects. Graduate students in any UC Santa Cruz department may apply. Preference will be given to applicants who are currently going through or have completed the Training Program. The award is intended as a stipend to support general living expenses, fieldwork or travel (as allowed by COVID-19 and shelter-in-place restrictions), presentation of work, and/or research. Fellowships may support: organizing, planning, and co-facilitating groups; training and coordinating a team of undergraduate researchers and assist with documentation, interviews, transcription and data analysis; fostering collaboration and teamwork among researchers; creating infographics and posters, outreach materials, or articles and reports based on findings or events; sharing findings with the broader public (ie: blogposts, news articles). Award amounts may vary up to $2,500 based on proposed budgets and outcomes; a maximum $10,000 in total will be distributed.

CURRENT COLLABORATIVE SUMMER PROJECTS

Incarcerated Care

Just Biomedicine

Theorizing Race After Race (TRAR)

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The student should:

• Be an enrolled graduate student at UC Santa Cruz (enrollment during summer not required).
• Work on an established Center project with support from the faculty lead.
• Propose clear goals and intended outcomes with: an outline of items to be completed over summer 2021, the methods of your research project; and briefly outline or describe the expenses to be supported by the award.

The student will:

• Be awarded at the beginning of summer.
• Adhere to IRB standards for working with human research subjects when applicable.
• Submit an end-of-summer report of project status and/or research findings.
• Be offered a fellowship with the SJRC and listed on the Project’s webpage.

To Apply:

By Monday, May 24, students should email (scijust@ucsc.edu) expressing interest. Please let us know the following:

1. Your name, major, academic faculty advisor(s).
2. Your resume/CV.
3. Why you are interested in the project and how your work/research/career goals would benefit from the fellowship.
4. Your role and experiences with the current project as related to items listed in an outlined proposal.
5. Any ideas briefly describing potential research to be completed over Summer 2021.