Undergraduate Student Research Award, Humanities & Social Sciences

Value

$6,000

Application Deadline

March 15

Competition Results

April 15

Duration of Awards

Minimum of one month

Eligibility

› Be registered as full time students in an eligible undergraduate program in the Social Sciences or Humanities at UWinnipeg.

› Have completed at least 30 credit hours and have at least 18 credit hours remaining to complete their Bachelor’s degree.

› Have obtained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (B).

Purpose

The USRA-HSS program provides financial support to Humanities and Social Sciences undergraduate students wishing to spend a period of time in a research setting. These awards are intended to stimulate the interest of undergraduate students in research in the Social Sciences or Humanities, and encourage them to pursue graduate studies and a research career. The number of awards available may vary from year to year.

General Information

Students may only receive two USRA-HSS awards throughout their academic career, and can only apply for and hold one USRA of any kind per year.

Awards may be held at any time of the year where permitted by the student’s academic program, and may commence at a date mutually agreeable to the student, supervisor, and the University.

The student must work under the supervision of a tenured or tenure-track faculty member with an established research track record, actively engaged in research at the time of application and for the duration of the award.

With permission from the research supervisor, an award recipient may register for a maximum of six credit hours of course work in addition to holding this award.

This funding is not to be used for current course-related research projects, and can be for either an independent research proposal designed by the student or for the student to participate in a supervisor’s research program.

Application Procedures

Application forms are available on the Research Office website at: uwinnipeg.ca/research

Submit the application, personal statement, transcript (WebAdvisor transcript acceptable), supervisor’s letter of support, departmental letter of support, and supervisor’s six-year research grant and publication history to the Research Office.