Graduate Student Summer Support Grants (Up to $2000)
Application Deadline –February 24, 2025
UCI graduate students (PhD and MFA) and medical students are eligible to apply for individual summer support grants (max award $2,000) through the Center for Medical Humanities (CMH). Preference to the graduate students in the center’s three supporting Schools: Arts, Humanities, and Medicine. Preference will also be given to students who have completed or are in the process of completing the Graduate Emphasis in Medical Humanities. Projects must be aligned with the mission of the Center for Medical Humanities. Graduate students may receive only ONE summer support grant during their graduate studies.
Funds may be used for research expenses, to support a community engaged project, or towards summer living expenses. Grant funds may be used for research travel, such as flights, ground transportation, and lodging; archival and copying fees; and other research expenses, such as translation or transcription, purchasing books and materials, and language study. Applicants may request to use grant funds towards summer living expenses if they will be making progress on their degree project or other research that align with the CMH mission. Grants cannot be used for food or per diem while traveling, or for research-related equipment.
Timeline
For applications submitted at the February 24, 2025 deadline:
- Notifications by April 2025
- Graduate Summer Support Grants will be paid out as a one-time stipend in July 2025.
- Funds must be expended by December 2025.
- A thank-you note will be required promptly upon receiving funding. We will stay in contact with you throughout the process.
- Final report due to the Center for Medical Humanities when research funds are expended and no later than January 31, 2026
Post-Project Final Report
If you receive a grant from the Center for Medical Humanities, you will be required to submit a final report that describes what was accomplished with the grant funds, the current status of the project, and how the grant funds were actually expended. Instructions for the final report will be included in the grant award packet.
Submission
Project Description (two page maximum): Please provide a description of your degree/dissertation or other research project, what you plan to accomplish with the grant funds and how these activities are necessary for your dissertation or other research project.
Project Budget (one page maximum): Please provide a list of all project expenses, identifying which expenses will be paid by the grant and which expenses will be paid by other funds. Please list other funds – both received and pending – that will be used for this project.
Letter of Support from Dissertation Advisor or Faculty Supervisor: A letter of support is required and must be received by the Feb. 24, 2025, application deadline. You will provide the name and email address of your faculty letter writer in the application form.
Applications must be submitted online through InfoReady by Feb. 24, 2025.
The Humanities Center is using a new online grant application platform. Log in to https://ucihumanities.infoready4.com/ with your UCI NetID.
- If this is your first time applying through InfoReady, immediately click on your name in top right corner. Add your department as your primary unit if you are in the School of Humanities. Otherwise add your School as your primary unit.
- Select Center for Medical Humanities Graduate Student Grants from the list of open competitions.
Complete the online application form with the following information:
- Name
- Email Address
- Department/Program or School
- Year in Program
- Project title
- Grant amount requested (max $2,000)
- Name and email address of the faculty member who will submit the letter of support. An email will be sent by InfoReady with instructions on how to upload the letter.
Upload a single PDF document (max 3 pages) with the:
- Narrative description (2 pages)
- Project budget (1 page)
Questions? Please contact the CMH at medicalhumanities@uci.edu.