Interdisciplinary Research Awards 

Required Application Materials:

• A student-written research statement of 750-1000 words describing the research project, what it draws from each of its disciplines, and how it contributes to each. This statement should be written for a lay audience. Discussion of how the interdisciplinary approach enabled novel findings will be given special attention.
• A curriculum vitae or academic resume. 
• Letters of Recommendations from two faculty members, preferably thesis advisors or dissertation committee members. Each form must be submitted by a faculty member in a different department. At least one form must be from a UCSD faculty member.

Criteria:

Winning research will be selected on the basis of:

1. Interdisciplinarity: The extent to which the research synthesizes theory and methodology from more than one distinct traditional field of study

2. Novelty: The extent to which the research produces new insights not formerly produced in one or more of the fields from which it draws

3. Impact: The importance of the research to each of its supporting fields of study

4. Communication: The clarity with which the details of the research and the relevance of its content are explained to a lay audience