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Opportunities Available forr Undergraduate & Graduate UDARI Summer Scholars

Posted on March 6, 2022 at: 9:42 am

Dear UDARI supporters.

Applications are now open for undergraduate and graduate students for UDARI’s Summer Scholars Program.

The Undergraduate UDARI Summer Scholars program provides highly motivated undergraduates in any major the opportunity to immerse themselves in a research or creative project based on race, anti-racism, or racial justice. Scholars spend ten weeks during the summer in full time pursuit of their research or creative projects. Past projects (that are continuing and can be mentioned in an application) include studying UD’s Black history by conducting oral histories or by examining UD’s 19th land records to identify former enslavers on whose land the university now sits; working at a local Delaware museum, historical house, or other institution to help uncover Black, Latinx, or indigenous histories or by helping to decolonize the collection; creating anti-racist curriculum for PreK-12 schools; and any other project including in the sciences that fits a focus on race, anti-racism, or racial justice. The end product of this project might be a written document (technical report, feature article, academic paper, journal, etc.) or a presentation. During the summer, scholars are enrolled in a zero credit P/F Sustaining Course and attend a weekly seminar led by CEI staff. Scholars receive a stipend of $4000.

Applicants should include a 1-2 page essay that describes the type of project you are interested in pursuing and how it relates to your academic, professional, personal goals and aspirations. If you have a faculty mentor and project, please describe. If you do not, please describe the type of project you are interested in pursuing. You may identify a Delaware community group, government agency, or non-profit you might want to partner with as well as a possible UD faculty mentor. Applications are due March 11; extensions will be considered on a case by case basis. The application can be found here.

For advisement contact Susan Serra at serra@udel.edu, Associate Director, Community Engagement Initiative or Dr. Alison Parker, UDARI co-chair, at aparker@udel.edu.

UD Anti-Racism Initiative (UDARI) Graduate Summer Scholars 

The UDARI Graduate Summer Scholars program provides highly motivated graduate students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a research or creative project based on race, anti-racism, or racial justice. The project should have a community engagement component or outcome. Scholars spend ten weeks during the summer in full time pursuit of their research or creative projects. Graduate students can use it for original research on their MA thesis or dissertation projects on race, anti-racism, or racial justice. Or, graduate summer scholars can apply to pursue aUDARI project such as studying UD’s Black history by conducting oral histories or by examining UD’s 19th land records to identify former enslavers on whose land the university now sits; working at a local Delaware museum, historical house, or other institution to help uncover Black, Latinx, or indigenous histories or by helping to decolonize the collection; or any other project including in the sciences that fits a focus on race, anti-racism, or racial justice. The product should be a paper, article, report, etc. At the conclusion of the program, scholars present their projects at a symposium. Scholars receive a stipend of $5,000.

Advisement

Students will assess their projects with assistance from UDARI.  They will submit a final report upon completion of the project. 

UDARI Graduate Summer Scholars Application Process

Strong proposals clearly describe an issue that this project aims to address and demonstrates the community engagement component or outcome. Priority will be given to students who have already established a project.  Finally, proposals should indicate how the student plans to build on this research through their academic studies or career.

Apply Here. 

Application Dates: Applications due March 11, 2022 (extensions will be considered). Awards announced April 4, 2022