The Center for Poverty Research seeks applications from our affiliated faculty members who are interested in working with an undergraduate student on a poverty related research project.  The Center anticipates providing up to 8 undergraduate students with internships during summer 2015. Internships will involve a minimum of ten hours of research activity per week during most weeks of the summer and will be paid up to $2000 by the Center. 

Each intern will work under the guidance of the faculty member with whom s/he is partnered. In addition to their individual research experiences, summer interns will also participate in informal workshops with Center faculty affiliates.  The aim of the workshops will be to provide interns with information about poverty related careers, graduate school, and professional mentoring.

Terms of the Internship
The following terms apply:

1. Student interns will participate in several informal workshop sessions presented by Center affiliates and others.
2. When appropriate, interns will be encouraged to present a summary of their work at the UC Davis undergraduate research conference in spring 2016.

Selection Criteria
Applications will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary group of senior scholars affiliated with the Center. Proposals will be evaluated on several factors, including:

• The project’s relevance to the Center’s core research areas;
• The quality of the proposed research project;
• The planned level and quality of engagement of the student in the project

Application Instructions

The application must be initiated by a faculty member affiliated with the Center. 

We anticipate that many faculty affiliates will have in mind a student with whom they wish to work, but this may not always be the case.  Projects that do not yet have an identified student partner will be posted on the Center website, and interested students can contact the associated faculty member.  The faculty member will then select a partner for his/her project and application.

Affiliated faculty should submit proposals via the webform below.  Proposals must be received by 5pm on May 15, 2015.