Tinker-Nave Short Term Field Research Grants
Application Deadline: March 7th, 2008, 4pm
Awards made in early April
Nave Field Research Grants support graduate students who wish to pursue short-term research in Latin America,
the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula. All graduate students in all departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
are eligible. There are no citizenship restrictions. Students must be continuing in a degree program at UW-Madison
upon return from their field research. Applicants undertaking their first field research will be given preference;
interdisciplinary and/or collaborative projects are welcome.
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Awards will fund brief periods (between 4 and 8 weeks) of field research in Latin America, the Caribbean and the
Iberian Peninsula. Awards are intended mainly for summer, but timing for field research may be adjusted if a convincing
case can be made. Nationals of Latin American countries wishing to utilize funds for research within their own countries
are eligible if they can provide evidence (such as a letter from their advisor) that the project is essential to fulfill
degree requirements.
The Nave Field Research grants are intended to support an initial field research experience to help students acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language, terrain and culture, to gather research data, and to develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their fields. The grant may be used for master's thesis research or pre-dissertation research; however it may NOT be used for dissertation research.
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**Note: Please review the guidelines and deadlines for Human Subjects research. If you are doing research involving human subjects, we HIGHLY recommend that you submit your proposal for Human Subjects Protocol Review by the April 10th deadline. This requires that you begin the process before you have found out if you are awarded the Tinker-Nave Grant.
Links for Applicants
- Rough Guide: cost of living estimates
- Lonely Planet: cost of living estimates
- Social and Behavioral Science Human Subjects Home Page
- Graduate School Human Subjects Home Page
- Guidelines for International Research
- Options for Language Competency
- Spanish and Portuguese Proficiency Test
- Info on ordering Official Transcripts(can be done online through MyUW)
- UW Health Insurance
