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
None currently
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
2023
Release date: March 2023
Closed Funding Opportunities
2022
2021
2020
Grants
2022
Mona Bhan
De (Humanizing) War: Artificial Intelligence Weapons and the Future of the Human.
Scott Landes
COVID-19 vaccination outcomes among disabled and nondisabled adults
Andrew London
Attitudes Toward Extramarital Relationships in the Context of Spousal Alzheimer's Disease
2021
Kristy Buzard, Economics
Quantifying GATT trade liberalization
Margarita Esteves-Abe, Political Science
Politics of childcare in the US: Comparative study of states and cities
Johannes Himmelreich, Public Administration and International Affairs
The philosophical foundations of data science
Sebastian Karcher, Political Science
Developing standards and practices for verifying qualitative and multi-method research
Andre Ortega, Geography and the Environment
Comparative counter-cartographies, subaltern placemaking, and sustainable urbanization in the Global South
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