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All research conducted by Whitman College faculty or students involving human participants, regardless of funding source, must be submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for review. See: www.whitman.edu/irb
Abshire Research Scholar Awards are given each semester to a number student/faculty teams. Students are nominated by Whitman professors having a need for assistance and/or research in their scholarly pursuits. The professors and students will be selected on the basis of merit. No discipline will receive priority over another.
Student Abshire scholars may earn up to $800 for the semester. The selected students are expected to assist their professors in their projects for 5-8 hours per week. The awards may be made for a period of two semesters if the project so warrants.
The ASID Committee wishes to emphasize the following criteria:
Applications for Spring semester 2009, are due Friday, November 14, 2008.
To apply, please submit the following to Lori Bettison-Varga, Provost
and Dean of the Faculty. The ASID Committee will select the recipients.
The Dublin Award was established by Chair of the Whitman College Board of Trustees, Karen E. "Kari" Glover, '72, and her husband, Thaddas L. Alston to support scholarly or creative work relating to multiculturalism in the United States or abroad. The Award is named for the late Adam Dublin, ’96, in memory of his positive spirit and his commitment to diversity while a student at Whitman.
The grant will be divided into two $1,000 stipends, one for the student and one for the faculty member. In addition, up to $500 may be used to defray documented expenses of the project.
The types of projects that can be funded include:
The award will go to the one or two projects that address issues of global multiculturalism in the most challenging, original, and well-prepared way. Academic rigor and creative originality will be criteria. Projects may focus on a particular ethnic or racial community in a specific country or look more broadly at the interactions between communities. Projects may concentrate on the United Sates, or study issues of multiculturalism in other countries or at the global level.
The selection committee will be looking for evidence of collaboration between student and faculty. Even if the student is ultimately responsible for the writing of the project (as in the case of a senior thesis), the committee will be interested in how the faculty advisor will be helping the student and how the student’s research affects or informs the faculty member’s work.
A public presentation of the research or creative project is required at the end of the academic year in which the award is given. Both the student and the faculty member should speak at this event.
All current students and faculty at Whitman College are eligible to apply. Proposals must be signed by both the student and the faculty member. A complete proposal will consist of the following:
Proposals should be submitted to the Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty by Friday, November 14 2008.
Louis B. Perry served as the 8th President of Whitman College from 1959 to 1967 and presently serves on the Board of Overseers. The Louis B. Perry Summer Research Scholarship has been established to honor his continuing leadership in the Whitman community. Funds for this endowment came from the Hewlett Foundation, the Sherwood Trust, the Horn estate, and several other donors.
The purpose of the Perry Summer Research Scholarship is to encourage faculty to recruit and employ Whitman College students (typically those who will be returning as juniors or seniors in the fall) to join them as collaborators in their professional scholarship; research undertakings that will often lead to a paper, a book, or a creative work of some type. This will allow Whitman faculty to have an intern or research assistant to help them in their work. It will also be a rich learning opportunity for students to gain first-hand knowledge of the methods and challenges of sustained scholarly work.
Grants for the summer of 2009, to be used for a nine-week period between May 25 and August 25, may be up to $8,000 for each student/faculty team. No more than $6,000 will be paid in student and faculty stipends ($3,000 each), with the remainder to be used to defer supplies, equipment or travel expense. All stipends are taxable and faculty stipends will be subject to OPE charges. Each team proposal should include a tentative budget. Please note: any equipment purchased for use in this research will remain the property of Whitman College.
The following criteria will be considered by the selection committee:
Professor-student teams will be selected on the basis of merit. Consideration will be given to the successful completion of previous Perry awards. (A 1-2 page report describing work completed and resulting presentations or publication is required.)
Please send the following to the Dean of the Faculty Office by Friday, February 13, 2009:
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