Undergraduate Grants

All non-Study Abroad research and travel grants will require a single application. By submitting this one application, the faculty review committee will consider your materials for all appropriate research and travel grants. With these grants, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies supports undergraduate student research and/or travel, including travel to present papers at scholarly meetings or to participate on the Huqoq dig IF the student is not participating through UNC Study Abroad. These grants can be used to reimburse travel costs pertaining to research or academic projects and/or costs for materials required for research, as well as to reimburse costs for travel, room, board, and registration costs at domestic or international conferences. Applicants must be Carolina students working on a topic in Jewish Studies. Students applying for grants to present at a conference must already have a paper on a Jewish Studies topic accepted for delivery at an academic conference. Please note that for scholarly meetings, the maximum amount of support is $1,000 for a domestic conference and $2,000  for an international conference.

For the Center’s research and travel grants, only completed applications will be considered. Again, Huqoq students that are not participating through UNC Study Abroad should use this application form. Your application “research” description should highlight your Huqoq plans.

Applications for Research and Travel Grants must be submitted through the online application. The application site opens December 1 and closes February 20, 5:00pm. Questions should be emailed to: grants_jewishstudies@unc.edu.

Online Application

 

*The Center’s research and travel grants using the same application include:

Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Research and Travel grants. Award amount: $500-3,000. For undergrad and grad student research and travel, for any subfield of Jewish studies.
Christopher Browning Holocaust Studies Research and Travel grant. Award amount: up to $2,000. With this grant, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies supports undergraduate and graduate student research and travel related to the field of Holocaust studies.
Frances Carol Eizenstat Student Travel grant. Award amount: up to $3,000. With this grant, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies supports undergraduate and graduate student travel to sites in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and around the world that are significant for understanding modern Jewish history. Note: for 2021, travel is not required.
Marcie Cohen Ferris Jewish History / Jewish Gender Studies Research and Travel grant. Award amount: up to $2,000. With this grant, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies supports undergraduate and graduate student research and travel in the fields of Jewish history and/or Jewish gender studies.
Philip L. and Melinda R. Kirstein Research and Travel grant. Award amount: up to $2,500. With this grant, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies supports undergraduate and graduate student research and travel in Jewish Studies with a preference for work on the Jewish experience in the American South.

Elsie Kaplan “Mother” Shapiro ZBT Undergraduate Student Research and Travel Grant. Award amount varies. For Carolina Undergraduates only. For undergrad student research and travel, for any subfield of Jewish studies.

 

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