Dean K Harrison Awards

The Office of Educational Opportunity & Diversity (OEOD) is requesting nominations for its

1.  Dean K Harrison Research Fellowships (DUE BY 29 APRIL)

Dean K Harrison Fellowships are one-year awards of $10,000 available to students who are Level 2 or higher. Nominated students must be US citizens or permanent residents rom underrepresented groups  Students are nominated by their doctoral program, therefore interested students should contact their advisor and EO to express interest.

If you wish to be nominated, please submit your complete applications to (ckatz@gc.cuny.edu) by April 29 (please note this is during spring break)

Applicants must be Level 2 or higher and be US citizens or permanent residents and identified as underrepresented.

Please send the following information to  ckatz@gc.cuny.edu:

i.  A research/dissertation project statement (2-3 pages), including at least a description of the research, what has been completed to date, and how you plan to make progress over the coming academic year; and,

ii. A brief (2-3 paragraph) nomination letter/statement of support from your advisor, which will then incorporate into Prof Katz’s nomination letter to OEOD. This statement should be sent to be separately by your advisor.

ALL MATERIALS FOR THE DEAN K. HARRISON FELLOWSHIP ARE DUE  NO LATER THAN 29 APRIL 2016

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2.  The Dean K Harrison Research-Travel Award ($4,000) is intend to help students at an early stage of their graduate careers to travel to archives, libraries, field sites or to support the early stages of research (in the form of interviews, data collecting or generating, ethnography, etc.).  DUE  BY 13 APRIL.

Applicants must have NOT yet reached Level 3.

If you are Level 1 or 2 and from an underrepresented group, and plan to travel for research purposes, please prepare:

i.  A brief statement about your research project statement (2 pages), including at least a description of the research, what has been completed to date, and how the travel award will contribute to or advance your project.

ii.  A brief (2-3 paragraph) nomination letter/statement of support from your advisor, which I will incorporate into my nomination letter, and submit to OEOD. This statement should be sent to be separately by your advisor.

ALL MATERIALS FOR THE TRAVEL AWARD ARE DUE  BY 13 APRIL SO THAT IT CAN BE SUBMITTING TO THE OEOD BY 15 APRIL WHEN PROF KATZ WILL BE (ckatz@gc.cuny.edu)

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