NYU Migration Network

The NYU Migration Network brings together NYU faculty and affiliated researchers whose work engages with questions of migration and mobility. The network seeks to build connections across disciplines, thematic areas, and publication media in order to foster generative research, social action, and artistic production.

 

The NYU Migration Network is pleased to announce the launch of the second annual Graduate Student Award for Summer Research on Migration. Three awards of $3000 each, along with three finalist recognitions of $1000 each, will be granted for the summer of 2023 to support outstanding graduate students in their research on migration and mobility. The award funds research or artistic production in an array of academic disciplines, including in the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical and natural sciences, and professional fields (e.g. law, public policy, urban planning, engineering, and business). We welcome research that is innovative in conception and that spans disciplinary boundaries. Research that compares migration dynamics in different geo-political regions is especially encouraged.

The Graduate Student Award for Summer Research on Migration is made possible through generous funding from the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Asian/Pacific/American Institute, the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora, Africa House, the Global Asia Project, the Latinx Project, 19 Washington Square North, the Furman Center, Liberal Studies, Steinhardt, and the Urban Democracy Lab. The award supports research and artistic production, including expenses associated with materials and data sources required to complete the project. Due to COVID-related funding restrictions, the 2023 grants will fund research in compliance with NYU travel regulations, which are subject to change. Students enrolled in any NYU graduate program, at any of NYU’s campuses, and having completed at least one semester of coursework, are eligible to apply. Finalists from previous years are also eligible to apply.

 

Applications are due on March 3, 2023.

The application requirements for the NYU Migration Network Graduate Student Award for Summer Research on Migration are as follows:

1. Project Description

  • 1500 words or less.
  • The project description should identify the specific research question or artistic provocation. It should make explicit how the central question/provocation connects to issues of migration and mobility, and should explain why it is significant and innovative.  
  • The proposal should describe the research/artistic activity planned or why it will address the central question/provocation. 
  • Please highlight any comparative dimensions of your proposed research.
  • The proposal should briefly outline the anticipated research product: a research paper, design document, performance piece, or preliminary research to support larger research endeavors (such as a dissertation) are examples. 
  • Important note: Applications must be written for a general, interdisciplinary audience; when field-specific technical terms or concepts are necessary, please take care to provide definitions or explanations.
  • Project abstract of 150 words.

2. Budget Narrative

  • 250 words or less.
  • Budget narrative explaining how the applicant plans to use the funds in the award. Please also indicate other sources of support (other funding may include assistantships, GSAS Student Travel Grants, external grants, etc.).

3. Curriculum Vitae (CV)

4. NYU Transcript

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5. One Letter of Reference

  • The letter must be either from the applicant's academic advisor or from the faculty member supervising the summer research. This faculty member must submit their signed letter of reference at the link below. 
  • The letter should assess the general quality of the applicant's graduate work along with the expected contribution of the research to understandings of migration and mobility. 

6. Supplemental materials -- optional: 

  •  Supplemental materials include academic cvs for collaborators on the proposed project, glossaries of technical terms, illustrations, or other documentation necessary for your proposal

7. Only for finalists from previous years:  

  • Please include a paragraph describing if and  how the research/artistic production outlined in your current proposal will on research/artist production you undertook with  support from the 2022 NYU Migration Network Graduate Student Award for Summer Research. 

Additional information:

  • If you are submitting a proposal for a collaborative project, please select one person to submit the application and add the academic cv(s) of the collaborator or collaborators on the project in the supplemental materials section of the application.

  • For research collaborations, the faculty recommendation letter should assess the expected contribution of the research to understandings of migration and mobility. The letter may address the academic performance of one or both of the students on the project.

    All work supported by this award must be complete by December 31, 2023.

    Applications are due on March 3, 2023 I Apply Here

If you have questions about the application process, please write to migration-network@nyu.edu.