UC-Cuba Graduate Student Mini-Grants
Graduate Student Grants for 2011-2012
The UC-CUBA Academic Initiative will award up to ten $1,200 grants for the 2011-2012 academic year to University of California Ph.D. students conducting Cuba-related research, including travel, in any field. Two of the grants will be earmarked for health-related research. Applications will be considered for both initial research explorations and for developing/completing advanced projects.
Interested applicants should submit a brief (2 page maximum) statement that outlines the project and explains how it fits into their course of study, accompanied by a budget, a short CV, and a letter evaluating the project from the applicant's advisor. Individuals who received awards in 2010-2011 are not eligible for this cycle of awards.**
**Health professional students in non-PhD programs are also eligible for apply for the health-specific grants, though preference for these grants will be given to projects with potential for publication or longer term engagement.
The deadline for applications is Jan 15, 2012.
The proposals will be reviewed and awards announced by Feb 15, 2012.
Please send any questions and your application (by email) to:
Professor Raul Fernandez, Coordinator
UC-CUBA Academic Initiative
School of Social Sciences
3151 Social Science Plaza
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100.
rafernan@uci.edu
2012 Grant Recipients
Milda Zilinskaite Literature UC San Diego |
Rebecca Herman History UC Berkeley |
Shane Collins Global Health UC San Francisco |
Hanna Garth Anthropology UCLA |
Teresa Sanchez Ethnomusicology UC Riverside |
Andrew Gomez History UCLA |
Teishan Latner History UC Irvine |
James Schrader History UC San Diego |
Dana Linda Comparative Literature UCLA |
Kati Greaney Visual Arts UC Santa cruz |
2011 Grant Recipients
Kendra Johnson Medical Student UC San Francisco |
Antonio Guzmán Sociology UCLA |
Gabriela Santizo Literature UC San Diego |
Alexander Zevin History UCLA |
Bethany Beyer Spanish UCLA |
Jamie Fudacz Spanish UCLA |
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Geography UC Berkeley |
Iyabo Kwayana MFA Candidate UCLA |
Sarah Chenault Latin American Studies UCLA |
Jon Dettman Spanish UC Davis |
2010 Grant Recipients
Alissa Bernstein Anthropology UC Berkeley |
Anita Casavantes Bradford History UC San Diego |
Colin Closek Quantitative and Systems Biology UC Merced |
Hanna Garth Anthropology UCLA |
Dan Rood History UC Irvine |
Nadia Sanko Spanish UCLA |
Carrie Viarnes Art History UCLA |
Selene Zander Spanish UC Berkeley |
2009 Grant Recipients
Rebecca Bodenheimer Ethnomusicology UC Berkeley |
Valerie Dickerson Music UC Los Angeles |
Adanna Jones Dance UC Riveside |
Seth Kauppinen Biology UC Berkeley |
M. Kone Political Science UC Los Angeles |
Tom McEnaney Comparative Literature UC Berkeley |
Rachel Neff Hispanic Studies UC Riverside |
Ayesha Nibbe Anthropology UC Davis |
Gabriela Santizo Literature UC San Diego |
Kristina Shull History UC Irvine |
Allen Young Spanish UC Berkeley |
2008 Grant Recipients
Virginia Benitez Comparative Literature UC Santa Cruz |
Hanna Garth Anthropology UC Los Angeles |
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Geography UC Berkeley |
Henry Lovejoy History UC Los Angeles |
Lindsay Puente Comparative Literature UC Irvine |
David Rice Communications UC San Diego |
Susana Rodriguez Comparative Literature UC Los Angeles |
Beth Rosenbloom Art History UC Los Angeles |
2007 Grant Recipients
Rebecca Bodenheimer Ethnomusicology UC Berkeley |
Ivette Gómez Spanish UC Irvine |
Monika Gosin Ethnic Studies UC San Diego |
Nadia Sophia Sanko Spanish UC Los Angeles |