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IICAS Research & Travel Grants

Annually, the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) at UC San Diego awards grants to faculty for research planning and conferences, and to graduate and undergraduate students for dissertation/thesis research travel.

IICAS grants are directed primarily to faculty and students in the social sciences and humanities. Supported research should be about other societies rather than simply conducted in other societies. Applications from fields outside the social sciences and humanities may be eligible if they deal with global issues, cross-national comparisons, or research on particular societies and also have a substantial human or societal dimension. (Implications for public policy should be made explicit.)

Congratulations to this year’s 2011-12 IICAS grant recipients:

2011-12 Research & Travel Grant Award Recipients

Faculty Research Conference Grants
(4 submitted, 1 awarded = 25% success rate)

  • Tal Golan, Nancy Cartwright, Catherina Gere, Kelly Gates and Kalinda Vora (History, Philosophy, Communication, Ethnic Studies): “Political Civility and Scientific Objectivity: Science, Technology, and Public Policy in Democratic Societies"

Faculty Research Planning & Travel Grants
(2 submitted, 2 awarded = 100% success rate)

  • Tal Golan (History): "Risk Governance – A Comparative Study Between the U.S. and Israel"
  • John Skrentny and David FitzGerald (CCIS): “Law and the Advent of Multicultural Society: Global Variations in the Family Reunification Rights of Migrants”

Graduate Student Research Travel Grants
(51 submitted, 16 awarded = 31% success rate)

  • Butt, Waqas H.(Anthropology)
  • Chen, Su-Shaun (Ethnic Studies)
  • Cunow, Saul (Political Science)
  • DeWolff, Kim (Communication)
  • Egan, Nancy (History)
  • Ha, Kyung Hee (Ethnic Studies)
  • Kamat, Rujvi (Psychiatry)
  • Knabb, Kyle (Anthropology)
  • Lee, Jack Jin Gary (Sociology)
  • Ostwald, Kai (Political Science)
  • Pacheco, Raquel (Anthropology)
  • Saenz, Charles Nicholas (History)
  • Sahara, Ayako (Ethnic Studies)
  • Seto, Katherine Li (Marine Biodiversity & Conservation)
  • Yee, Lauren (Theatre & Dance)
  • Zilinskaite, Milda (Literature)

Undergradute Student Research Travel Grants
(4 submitted, 1 awarded = 25% success rate)

  • Ang, Kimberly J. (History)

See IICAS Past Awards