Interdisciplinary Research Awards 

Application Form:

• Submit all student generated application materials here: http://tinyurl.com/GPSAIRA2024.

• All letters of recommendation must be emailed to the GPSA VP Academic (awards@gsa.ucsd.edu) 

Application Deadlines:

• Students must submit all application materials to this link by 11:59 pm, Sunday, March 10, 2024.
• Letters of Recommendation must be submitted by 11:59 pm, Sunday, March 10, 2024.

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

Notification of Award:

Award recipients will be notified of their selection by Friday, April 19, 2024.
Awardees will be honored at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. 

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