Max Award: $4,500
ISLA welcomes the submission of proposals from undergraduates in the Colleges of Arts and Letters and Science who wish to carry out interdisciplinary research or creative projects during the summer of 2018. Students may independently design their projects or propose a project related to some aspect of their faculty mentor's research. The maximum award per student is $4,500, which may be used for travel, living expenses and the purchase of research materials.
Eligible projects might include application of statistical analysis or computer modeling to history, economics, or anthropology; the creation of a documentary featuring some aspect of science or engineering; or the integration of biological and psychological perspectives on cognitive science. The fund is interested in projects involving such areas as science writing; design and mechanical or electrical engineering; theoretical physics and philosophy; sociology and bioinformatics; cancer biology and psychology; economics and sustainable energy; environmental science and political science; and science and literature in the popular media.
Students working with faculty outside the College of their major are also encouraged to apply and should articulate how the research will enhance the interdisciplinary nature of their undergraduate research experience. For example, design students should explain why working with engineering faculty widens their array of potential projects; engineering students should explain how working with faculty studying cancer biology makes accessible to them different areas of research.
Students may work alone or in teams. For those applying as a team, the group should have a designated faculty sponsor who can act as a project consultant. This project consultant must confirm their willingness to perform this function by emailing Therese Blacketor. Letters of recommendation for individual team members should confirm the applicant's ability to carry out their designated tasks (e.g. the team member tasked with translating should request a letter of recommendation from a language professor; a team member tasked with writing code should request a letter from a professor in computer science.)
Notes:
- Applicants should explain in the abstract and introduction the ways in which their project is interdisciplinary.
- Inform ISLA Student Program Coordinator Therese Blacketor if you have also applied for Kellogg or Kroc summer grants.
- Please provide an additional letter of support from a sponsoring lab if the project requires the use of non-ND lab space.
- Students traveling to countries in which a State Department travel warning has been issued must be accompanied by a Notre Dame faculty member.
For more information email Karla Cruise, Assistant Director for Student Programs for ISLA, or Xuemin (Sheryl) Lu, Undergraduate Research Coordinator, College of Science.
Go here to apply or for more information!