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Fall Semester Funding Deadlines

Happy Fall, Everyone !
There are two major funding programs at OUR that have deadlines in the Fall Semester, but provide funding in the spring semester.

SHARE (Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience) Awards support undergraduate research projects in the social sciences, humanities, and arts.

In this research apprenticeship, students spend 10 hours per week during the spring semester working on a faculty project. Student apprentices will receive a $1500 stipend during the spring semester. The deadline to apply for SHARE is November 1st.

More information about SHARE

The other major funding program for the fall is RARE, or Roper Award for Research Experience.  Many students don’t realize UConn is home to The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. The Roper Center is one of the world’s leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.  RARE is designed to encourage faculty and undergraduates to use the resources of the Roper Center in undergraduate research and creative projects. Data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Over 50 nations are represented in addition to US data.

Students receiving RARE award funding will spend 10 hours per week during the spring semester working on a project with a faculty member, and receive a $1500 stipend.  The deadline to apply for RARE is November 30th.

More information about RARE

2011 SHARE Awardees

Art and Art History

Project Title: Cheek by Jowl II: New Sculpture for Solo Exhibition at Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
Faculty Mentor: Monica Bock, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: Taylor Byrne, Freshman

Project Title: Den Permanente and the Making of Danish Modern
Faculty Mentor: Jean Givens, Associate Department Head
Student Apprentice: Cassandra Fiorenza, Junior

Human Development and Family Studies
Project Title: Contrasting Dyads and Triads as they Build Alliance through Jumpstart
Faculty Mentor: JoAnn Robinson, Professor
Student Apprentice: Stephanie Godbout, Junior

Political Science
Project Title: Public attitudes and behaviors about politically motivated consumption
Faculty Mentor: Sam Best, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: Tess Johnson, Sophomore

Project Title: The Federal Response to Fiscal Distress in the States: An Historical Perspective
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Grynaviski, Assistant Professor in Residence
Student Apprentice: Daniel Reeves, Junior

Project Title: Law and Social Protest on the Right to Food: India in Comparative Perspective
Faculty Mentor: Shareen Hertel, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: Jennifer Guha, Junior

Project Title: Compromised Equality: Sex Discrimination and the Battle for Constitutional Rights
Faculty Mentor: Virginia Hettinger, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: Claire Simonich, Sophomore

Project Title: Political Communication and Media Coverage of US Policy Reforms
Faculty Mentor: Peter Kingstone, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: Megan Fleck, Sophomore

Project Title: CIRI Human Rights Data Project
Faculty Mentor: David Richards, Associate Professor
Student Apprentice: David Schwegman, Sophomore

Project Title: District Level Electoral Fragmentation in Canada, India, and the UK
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Singer, Assistant Professor
Student Apprentice: Alexandra Raleigh, Junior