Call for Applicants: IAC Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies, 2016-17

The Institute of American Cultures invites applications from UCLA faculty, staff, graduate students, and IAC Visiting Scholars/Researchers for support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicana/os for 2016-17. The Institute also invites proposals on interethnic relations that will increase collaboration between the Centers and/or between the Centers and other UCLA campus units.

The Research Grant Program is on a reimbursement basis only. Ordinarily, faculty projects will be funded for no more than $10,000 and graduate student projects for no more than $7,000. Funds for the purchase of permanent equipment will be provided only under exceptional circumstances. Conference travel, whether the applicant is presenting or attending, is ineligible.

Eligibility
UCLA faculty, staff, graduate students, and IAC Visiting Scholars/Researchers only.

The CSRC regularly funds a wide array of projects concerning the Chicano-Latino experience. It is also the custodian of Tamar Diana Wilson Fund, which was founded to support community-empowering research projects by undocumented Mexican and Central American graduate students at UCLA. Funding is distributed through this IAC grants program. All qualified students are encouraged to apply.

Grant Period
July 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017

Deadline
Applications must be received by April 20, 2016, 11:59 p.m.

Grant recipients using human subjects will be required to submit her or his research proposal or exemption materials to the UCLA Institutional Review Board for approval. For those doing research on human subjects, funds will be available to grant recipients after completion of training and certification in the Protection of Human Research Subjects.

For more information, visit: http://www.iac.ucla.edu/fellowships_research.html

The application is available online at: https://sa.ucla.edu/IAC/ResearchGrant