The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce 2009 TIJS Graduate Student Summer Travel Awards for Research and Study.
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis for field research or language study conducted between May and August 2009. Grants will generally not exceed $2000 and will normally be significantly smaller. Eligible recipients include all Emory PhD students, pre- or post-candidacy, who meet the following requirements:
- Research topic must make a strong claim to investigate some aspect of Jewish studies, broadly defined;
- Applicant must have applied for funding from the Graduate School, the home department or program, or outside funding agencies (or be in the process of doing so where applicable).
Applications should include:
- a project proposal, not to exceed 750 words, including a description of your project and its significance, a statement of the relevance of your project to Jewish Studies, a statement of the centrality of your proposal to your ability to complete your PhD , your concrete plans for undertaking the proposed research or language study (divided into individual stages in case your entire budgetary need cannot be met), the feasibility of your plans (accessibility of materials, interview subjects, etc), and your capacities and competences for carrying out the project successfully ;
- a one-page budget and a justification of each expenditure (if air travel is involved, list the website from which you’ve accessed airfares and the date you accessed them);
- a statement of which stage of the project you will complete if given less than the sum for which you have applied to TIJS, or how you will make up the shortfall;
- a list of the agencies (internal and external) from which you have applied for funding for this project, the amounts for which you have applied, and the amounts you have been awarded, where known;
- a letter from your doctoral adviser containing evidence that he or she has reviewed your plans and your budget and supports your proposed plans (may be submitted directly by the adviser to the e-mail address below).
Successful applicants will be required to submit a 300-word report on how they used the funds and how they helped advance their research and training to Tobi Ames no later than August 31, 2009.
Submit completed applications via e-mail to Tobi Ames, TIJS graduate coordinator, at tames2@emory.edu. You may also contact her for additional information and questions.
Winners:
2009
Samira Mehta (Graduate Division of Religion), research trip to Philadelphia
Craig Perry (History), participation in the intensive summer Arabic program at Middlebury College
Ariel Svarch (History), research trip to Buenos Aires
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