Graduate Fellowships for Social Science and Humanities Students
We are not currently accepting applications for graduate fellowships. Please check back in Winter 2012 for details on the application process for 2012-2013.
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) offers fellowship opportunities for outstanding graduate students pursuing research in the social sciences and humanities. CNS-UCSB conducts collaborative interdisciplinary research on the historical context of nanotechnology, on risk perception and the public sphere, and on technology diffusion and globalization. CNS research helps policy makers, scientists and engineers, industry, community organizations, and the general public understand the opportunities and risks that nanotechnology affords.
Graduate fellows are integrated into Center activities that include faculty, researchers, and other students from social science, humanities, and science and engineering disciplines. CNS-UCSB faculty researchers work in the departments of Anthropology, Communication, English, Global and International Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Feminist Studies.
CNS-UCSB Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Faculty Researchers
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IRG1: Origins, Institutions and Communities Patrick McCray, History |
IRG2: Globalization and Nanotechnology Rich Appelbaum, Sociology and Global & International Studies |
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IRG3: Risk Perception and the Public Sphere Barbara Herr Harthorn, Feminist Studies, Anthropology, Sociology Bruce Bimber, Political Science and Communication |
X-IRG: Solar Future Project Chris Newfield, English
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Fellowship Program Details:
1. CNS-UCSB Graduate Fellows each work with a faculty mentor primarily in one of the three CNS Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) or a Cross-IRG (X-IRG). They also interact with faculty and students in other research groups. Required skills and experience vary across Research Groups and assignments, but no prior experience with nanotechnology is required. Browse this website for more information about current research projects.
2. Fellowships are for a 12 month period (max 2-year renewable) with a start date at the beginning of fall quarter (September 19 in 2011). Fellows are expected to participate in a regular seminar each quarter, as well as professional development and public engagement opportunities. In the summer, Fellows mentor undergraduate interns in CNS’s internship program.
3. CNS Graduate Fellowships provide funding comparable to that of social science and humanities teaching or research fellowships offered by academc departments. Fellowships for 2011-2012 are for approximately $34,300 (adjusted for tuition and fee increases), which covers a cost of living stipend, and UCSB in-state tuition, fees, and GSHIP expenses. Fellows who reside at UCSB over the summer receive their cost-of-living stipend, but do not register for the summer term and so do not receive payment forsummer quarter tuition and fees.
Student Eligibility:
This program is open to any social science or humanities PhD student (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) who is currently enrolled in good standing in their graduate program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and will continue to matriculate at the conclusion of the fellowship.
Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for fellowships.
Fellows are expected to be in residence at UCSB for the duration of the fellowship.
