CSERI Faculty-Directed Turner Schulman Undergraduate Research Fellowship: 2024-2025 CFA

Description

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration (CSERI) and the Turner Schulman Fellowships support the engagement of Penn undergraduates in faculty-directed research relating to race, ethnicity, or immigration in the United States and other countries.

Faculty may receive up to $2,000 per semester to hire an undergraduate Research Assistant (RA), and can apply for funding for up to two students. Faculty may request support for a single semester or for the entire academic year. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until April 30.

 

Qualifications

Standing faculty members in any discipline from all of Penn’s twelve schools are encouraged to apply. Funds can be used to support a full-time Penn undergraduate student enrolled in any school.  CSERI research support may be combined with funding from other programs.

Application Instructions

RA applications should include a short (less than one page) summary of the research project that includes a description of the undergraduate RA’s research duties. Please include budget information such as the anticipated number of hours to be worked weekly, hourly rate, and period of support. Funding for Turner Schulman fellowships will be directed to the account of the supervising professor.

While faculty should submit only one application, they can request support for multiple students by clarifying the distinct roles to be performed.

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All students supported by this grant should be prepared to present their research at a poster exposition hosted by CSERI.

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For further information contact Anne Kalbach, CSERI Administrator, akalbach@sas.upenn.edu.

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