Doctoral students in international affairs may apply for summer support for dissertation research. Research on a broad range of international issues will be considered. Support may be requested either for fieldwork and/or archival research, or for home-based research and write-up. Grants will not exceed $3,000.
The main criteria for determining which proposals will be funded are:
(1) the importance of the research question and the quality of the research proposal
(2) the strength of the letter of support
The deadline for applications is Tuesday, April 3, 2012 by 5pm More information about the CIS Summer Study Grant is available at http://web.mit.edu/cis/fo2_2.html Please review the FAQ url as well http://web.mit.edu/cis/fo2_2FAQ.html as most of your questions can be answered there.
Sincerely,
Casey Johnson
Center for International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 Amherst Street, E40-451
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617.258.8552
Fax: 617.253.9330
http://web.mit.edu/cis/