O'Connor Grants
The Sociology Department announces the sixth year of competition for funds to support student research and travel as well as other innovative projects. The project must be related to the theme of social justice, broadly conceived, that is, the maldistribution of economic resources, political power, and cultural respect as well as strategies to correct these inequities.
The department is will fund at least four proposals of up to $1000 each during 2007-08. Applicants must be declared sociology majors. Proposed projects may involve thesis research, but the department is willing to fund projects for other purposes as well. Projects involving research must be done under the supervision of a member of the Colorado College sociology faculty.
Proposals should include a detailed description of the proposed project, an explanation of its link to issues of social justice, a budget outlining the uses to which the funds will be put, a copy of your transcript, and – in the case of a research project – a supporting letter from the professor who has agreed to supervise it.
O’Connor Grant recipients are encouraged to report their findings to a Sociology Department Student Colloquium.
The deadline for the first round of O’Connor Grant proposals is October 15, the third Monday of Block 2. If the entire $4000 has not been allocated in Block 2, there will be up to two more rounds of competition this year. The deadline for the second round will be November 26, the first Monday of Block 4, and that for the third round will be the first Monday of Block 8. Proposals should be sent to Eve Reid, the Sociology Department staff assistant.