ELEGIBILITY

• Registered UC Davis graduate students in good standing (MA and PhD students are eligible).
• NOT received prior HIA Summer Fellowship funding.
• Must NOT have advanced to doctoral candidacy by the application deadline.
• HIA research awards are for pre-dissertation field research. The grants range from $1000 to $2,500.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel to Latin American and the Caribbean only
• Travel within the US may be permitted for Latinx Studies projects with a transnational focus
• Time spent abroad up to three months
• Travel must be completed by September 30, 2024

IMPORTANT NOTES:
International travel must be permitted by UCD to use these funds.

Per er UC Davis policy (PPM 300-32, International Travel), all international travel on university business must be registered. 
The Institutional Review Board Administration (IRB) created an investigator manual that outlines the duties and responsibilities of investigators engaged in human subject’s research at UCD. The IRB highly recommends that all first time and current principal investigators review and utilize this manual before and during their research.
For more information, visit: http://research.ucdavis.edu/ policiescompliance/irb-admin/researchers/

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The grant is for preparation of dissertation research and can be used to meet any of the following:

• to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language and culture
• to become familiar with information sources relevant to your studies
• to conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations
• to develop contacts with scholars and institutions in your field
• to conduct ethnographic fieldwork

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

To apply, please send the application as a PDF to Melanie Della Santa: mdellasanta@ucdavis.edu by Friday, March 29, 2024

• A proposal narrative (single PDF, 1 to 2 pages, double spaced) that describes your project and its relevance to your degree. Please outline the goals and methods of your project.
• A basic itemized budget explaining your proposed field research expenses.
• A brief recommendation letter from your advisor that is specific to your proposed project.