Call for Proposals - Faculty Fellow 2008-09

Proposals due Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Women and Gender Research Initiative was established in 2002 to promote community-based programs and research that inform the prevention of, and intervention in, gender-related oppressions. The Initiative advances collaborative work between DePaul faculty, students, and community members to effect social change through a focus on social policy, advocacy, and community development. The Initiative also is committed to documenting, collecting, and making public the contributions of individuals whose lives reflect previously untold experiences and undocumented resilience.

The Women and Gender Research Initiative invites proposals for a faculty fellowship for the upcoming 2008-09 academic year. The faculty fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend and a funded research assistant (working 15-20 hours per week) chosen from Women’s and Gender Studies graduate students.

Funding Criteria:

• Research project is community focused in nature and community based in implementation;
• Research project is, in some way, integrated into course curriculum and/or includes student involvement in research;
• Research incorporates feminist frameworks;
• Research assistant is a Women and Gender Studies Program graduate student;
• Faculty fellow is expected to develop a research report or working paper that will be archived with the Women and Gender Research Initiative;
• Faculty fellow will make a research presentation at the Services Speaks Converence (June, 2009) sponsored by the Steans Center for Community Based Service Learning

Application Process:

Proposals should be sent electronically to Beth Catlett, Director, Women and Gender Research Initiative at bcatlett@depaul.edu. Proposals should include the following:

• Project description not to exceed 3 double-spaced typed paces, including project rationale, research aims and goals, theoretical foundations, discussion of methodologies, and brief description of how the project articulates with the mession of the Women and Gender Research Initiative;
• Research timeline;
• Paragraph describing graduate research assistant responsibilities;
• Project abstract

Please contact Beth Catlett, bcatlett@depaul.edu, 773-325-4758 with any questions