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Summer Research Awards in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Summer Research Recipients
Important Information for Applicants
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Summer Research Awards in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty research advisors may submit letters of support for AHSS applicants to enrichment@pugetsound.edu.
The University of Puget Sound, with the support of the Richard Bangs Collier Institute of Ethics and Science and an anonymous donor, has established a summer research program for undergraduates in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Several additional donors have provided funding to support these summer research awards. The program offers students the opportunity to engage in independent research during the summer. Stipends of $3,250 and $3,750 are awarded on a competitive basis to students who demonstrate research interest and ability.
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Please note the following eligibility requirements:
Summer research awards are not open to students who will have graduated before their research is completed.
Summer research award recipients are expected to be enrolled the following fall semester.
Students who apply for a Summer Science Research Award are ineligible to apply for a Summer Research Award in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Recipient Responsibilities
Students who receive summer funding agree to:
devote full time to the project for at least ten weeks during summer 2020. Students who cannot devote ten weeks of full time work to their research should not apply;
not enroll in summer classes, and to not hold any other employment while engaged in research;
submit a written report to the faculty research advisor and an electronic copy of the report to Collins Memorial Library for publication in Sound Ideas, an online repository of Puget Sound academic materials, by September 21, 2020;
present their work at the Fall Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Symposium;
complete both the pre-summer and post-summer research surveys.
Summer Research Scholars
Most summer award recipients will be Summer Research Scholars and will receive stipends of $3,250. Other awards are made possible by generous donations from supporters, such as the Chism Scholar, the T.A. Davis Scholar, the India Research Award, the Matelich Scholar, the Vasilius Research Scholar, the Pohlad Internship, and the Neukom Internship.
Agricola Scholar Award
Agricola Scholar Award is designed to encourage and support original collaborative research projects between Puget Sound faculty and students in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The award seeks to foster intellectual growth, creative thinking, discovery, and professional development. It is named after Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), the "Father of Geology," a German scholar, scientist, and physician who worked in the mining regions of Bohemia. Agricola was among the first to create scientific order out of knowledge derived from practical work and based his writings on careful observation and experience, often rejecting the superstitions of his time.
Agricola Scholars receive a summer stipend of $3750; funds of up to 150% of the stipend may be requested for research expenses associated with the project. Awarded funds must be expended before May 1 of the year following the summer research; unused funds will be awarded to other students the following year.
Agricola Faculty Mentors
A faculty member supervising and collaborating with an Agricola Scholar may receive a stipend of up to $1000.
Richard Bangs Collier Scholars
Two students will be named Richard Bangs Collier Scholars. These students will receive stipends of $3,750. Applicants for this award submit a proposal describing an interdisciplinary project that applies the concerns of a humanistic or social science discipline to scientific material, or that makes use of a science to explore a topic in the humanities or social sciences. The science involved in the project may be any of the natural or human sciences (including biology, chemistry, geology, natural sciences, physics, computer science, mathematics, economics, exercise science, and psychology). The project must involve both a humanistic or social science and a natural or human science sufficiently distinct from one another to encourage meaningful interdisciplinary perspectives.
Delta Phi Award
Due to generous gifts from alumni of the Delta Phi Chapter at the University of Puget Sound, one $750 award will be given to an AHSS summer research awardee to help offset travel expenses associated with the summer project. The donors aim to encourage graduates with a deep seated appreciation for friendship, the roots of justice, and a lifelong thirst for learning.
Awardees will be chosen based on the way Delta Phi aims are addressed in the proposal. Recipients are expected to communicate with the Office of University Relations to provide a reflection on their research experience at the time their project report is submitted to Sound Ideas or by Sept 21.
March 6, 2020- Application Due. Submit one copy of the complete online application by March 6, no later than 5 p.m.
Award Administration
Each Summer Research Scholar will receive a $2,750 stipend at the beginning of the summer, on or before May 15, followed by a $500 payment after all reporting requirements are submitted.
Agricola Scholars and the Richard Bangs Collier Scholars each receive a $3,250 stipend at the beginning of the summer, on or before May 15, followed by a $500 payment after all final reporting requirements are submitted.
Delta Phi Scholars will receive a $2750 stipend plus $750 in supply/travel monies at the beginning of the summer, on or before May 15, followed by a $500 payment after all final reporting requirements are submitted.
Note: Although the summer research project frequently becomes the student's senior thesis project, the required public presentation is not the same as the presentation that may be required by the department in connection with a senior thesis.
Apply online at this link
Students should read and follow these guidelines to prepare their proposals
These projects were awarded an AHSS research grant in summer 2016