The Science & Justice Research Center is pleased to announce we are now accepting applications for a:
Summer Undergraduate Fellowship
The award was established to support summer research conducted by undergraduate students currently working on established collaborative Center research projects. Undergraduate students in any UC Santa Cruz department may apply. Preference will be given to applicants currently involved in projects. 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: assisting with conducting interviews and transcription, data analysis and editing of interviews; creating infographics and outreach materials, articles or reports based on findings or events; sharing findings with the broader public (ie: blogposts, news articles). More specifically, tracking, collecting, and organizing articles about the social, political, and economic dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic written by prominent theorists of race, inequality, and STS; or assist with research on and collecting materials related to pharmaceutical licensing agreements bringing drugs to the market, as well as ethical and equity issues related to orphan-disease drug discovery and dissemination. Award amounts may vary up to $500 based on proposed budgets and outcomes; a maximum $2000 in total will be distributed.
CURRENT COLLABORATIVE SUMMER PROJECTS
The student should:
- Be currently enrolled as an undergraduate 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 if 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, letting us know and sending the following:
- Your name, major, academic faculty advisor(s).
- Your resume/CV.
- Why you are interested in the project and how your work/research/career goals would benefit from the fellowship.
- Your role and experiences with the current project as related to items listed in an outlined proposal.
- Any ideas briefly describing potential research to be completed over Summer 2021.