Application Deadline: January 31, 2014 by the end of the day (12:00 midnight)

Award Period: June 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Doctoral Student Research Grant Program is to foster a research-oriented academic culture among PhD students by: (a) providing incentives for students to model and meet, early in their careers, the requirements for succeeding in the competition for funds by clearly defining a problem, a project, and a realistic budget; (b) providing an occasion for faculty-student mentoring relationships that are oriented around the concrete problems of proposing, planning for, and executing research; and (c) furthering student professional progress by providing funds for pre-doctoral research publications, presentations, and professional networking.

For Competition #9, applicants may submit a budget of between $250 and $1,500.

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GUIDELINES

Eligibility

• Doctoral students in good standing and in their 2nd to 6th year at The Graduate Center are eligible to apply.
• Those who received a Doctoral Student Research Grant award in Competition #8 will NOT be eligible to apply to Competition #9.
• Students must plan to register for the Fall 2014 semester to be eligible to apply.

Review process: Proposals will be judged by faculty members in the applicant’s doctoral program as determined by the Executive Officer.

Proposals will be evaluated by the following criteria:

• Importance of proposed research
• Evidence of a well-designed methodology
• Clarity of the proposal
• Likelihood that the proposed research will be completed within the grant period
• Realistic and cost efficient budget

Eligible expenses: The primary purpose of the DSRG program is to support graduate students in having enhanced research experiences and getting out into the world of research and not to pay for expenses covered by an existing CUNY research facility (library, lab, etc.).

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APPLICATION COMPONENTS

An online application form can be accessed through your Banner account. There you will enter the following:

1. Preliminary Information
2. Abstract: Enter a 150 word (maximum) abstract of your proposal
3. Proposal: Enter a 1,000 word (maximum) proposal
4. Works Cited
5. Budget
6. Budget Justification
7. Faculty Letter of Support

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

The completed application must be submitted no later than Friday, January 31, 2014 by the end of the day (12:00 midnight). The emailed Letter of Support from your faculty research mentor must be received by that deadline, as well.

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For more information feel free to click on the following link: DSRGguidelines

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