Each spring, the Dean’s Office invites applications from Maxwell faculty for summer funding for the graduate assistant of their choice to support preliminary research for and/or preparation of a proposal for external project funding. Successful faculty applicants are expected to submit a related proposal to an external funder and must provide a written report within one year of the issuance of the award.
Active Funding Opportunities
2022
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
2023
Release date: March 2023
Closed Funding Opportunities
2021
2020
Grants
2020
Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Jorge Valdebenito
Lobbying and legislative uncertainty
Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Atef Amriche
Obtaining morphological changes of braided rivers in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau using UAV, multispectral and SAR remote sensing
Erin Hern, Political Science | GA: Nneka Eke
Lessons in success: How Africa’s high performers achieved positive outcomes under adverse circumstances
Emily Wiemers, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Hannah Patnaik
The strength of the family safety net during the coronavirus pandemic
Yingyi Ma, Sociology | GA: Crystal Lee
Chinese students amidst COVID-19: Double binds and difficult choices
Gretchen Purser, Sociology | GA: Madeleine Hamlin
Freedom commons: Entanglements of social and penal policy in housing provisions for the poor
2019
Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Atef Amriche
Obtaining high-resolution river morphology using UAV and structure from motion photogrammetry
Colleen Heflin, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Akanksha Patnaik
Childcare policy research partnership
Michah Rothbart, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Mattie MacKenzie-Liu
Statewide, longitudinal analysis of malleable factors related to high school completion outcomes for students with disabilities