Collaborative Research: Summer Opportunities
Students in their sophomore year and beyond have an opportunity to pursue specific, well-articulated, innovative research in close collaboration with faculty members. Over the span of ten summer weeks, 24 selected students have an opportunity to:
- spend 35-40 hours per week researching and investigating an original project defined in collaboration with a faculty member in their field;
- together with fellow summer scholars, attend weekly seminars which foster an intellectual community and provide an opportunity to share work in progress;
- receive a generous stipend as an alternative to summer employment, so that scholars can focus fully on their research;
- live, free of charge, on campus, if such arrangements prove convenient to their summer scholarly pursuits;
- receive up to 6 credits toward graduation requirements;
- learn about further research, scholarship, fellowship, and grant opportunities.
Ridgway Forum Fund Partnerships
Beginning this year, there are new collaborative research award opportunities for CLA undergraduates and their faculty advisors. Ridgway Forum Fund Partnerships are designed to support exceptional student-faculty research endeavors across all academic disciplines. Student-faculty teams submitting applications for the Summer Collaborative Research Program can concurrently apply for these new awards. Also, teams who receive Ridgway awards will be included in the existing Summer Seminar Program. For more information about the awards and how to apply, see attached documents below.
2013 Summer Collaborative Research Application Process
The deadline for submission for summer collaborative research will be Friday, March 22, 2013. All materials, including faculty letters of support, should be sent electronically to Paula Mullineaux (scur@hamline.edu) no later than 5pm. An interdisciplinary committee of faculty will convene to select grant recipients within two weeks following this deadline.
It is expected that all application materials will be well-articulated, well-written, and edited. To that end, all candidates are advised to work closely with their faculty colleagues throughout the process of outlining, creating, and repeatedly revising the application. In addition, both program directors can provide feedback on application drafts up to a week prior to the submission deadline.
Summer Collaborative Research Application >
Summer Collaborative Research Faculty Info >
Previous Summer Collaborative Research Projects >