Crown Center Summer Travel & Study Grants
The Crown Center announces the availability of summer travel and study grants for eligible undergraduate students.
Grants:
The Crown Travel Grant covers research expenses such as travel, room and board, and photocopying. It may also be used to fund study at a foreign institution or cover tuition fees for a relevant Middle Eastern language program. It does not fund the purchase of durable equipment such as tape recorders, cameras, laptop computers, etc.
Eligibility:
- Current first years, sophomores, juniors, and seniors (graduating in or before December 2012).
- Any field of study may be considered but the research must be related to the Middle East.
- Students may only receive 1 Crown travel grant during their Brandies undergraduate years.
- Applicants must be in good academic and community standing.
- The research project or language study must take place in the summer.
Amount of Award:
The maximum grant award is $2000.
Application Deadline:
March 21, 2012
Notification:
April 2, 2012
Recipients must notify the Crown Center of their acceptance within ten days of winning the award.
Application Requirements:
- A 5 page proposal which includes:
- a cover sheet with the applicant's name, undergraduate class or expected date of graduate degree, mailbox, phone number, and e-mail address, and project title,
- a concise description of the proposed travel project or language program with a well-thought-out abstract of the project's objectives and how it fits into the applicant’s program of study,
- the dates and destination of the trip,
- a budget,
- the applicant's qualifications to conduct this research, including foreign language skills when applicable.
- Two letters of recommendation from Brandeis professors. If applying for a research grant, one of the letters should comment on the feasibility of the proposed project as well as the applicant's ability to conduct the research. If you are applying for language study, one of the letters must be from a language instructor or a professor who can comment on the necessity of overseas language instruction to your studies.
- A Brandeis University transcript, official or unofficial.
Crown Travel Grant recipients will be selected by a committee of faculty members associated with the Crown Center. For further information, please contact Kristina Cherniahivsky, ext. 65322, or e-mail: kristina@brandeis.edu.