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RIDGE RESEARCH AWARDS INFORMATION

• GENERAL INFORMATION & GUIDELINES

  Our annual Ridge Scholarship awards up to $1,000 per awardee for research and creative projects at the intersection of health/healthcare and the humanities. Review complete information here.

  • Eligibility: Qualified graduate and upper-division undergraduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
  • Library Resources: Projects must utilize materials from the Ridge Library Collection.
  • Intersectional Inquiry: We seek projects that engage both health/healthcare and the humanities. All applicants must be able to articulate the relationship of the humanistic content of their project to health and/or healthcare. 
• ELIGIBILITY
  1. Undergraduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ must have completed at least two years of college and have junior or senior standing at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥.
  2. Graduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ must be officially enrolled in a master's or doctoral program.
  3. All applicants must have sufficient background in their discipline to conduct meaningful research that utilizes the resources of the Ridge Collection and the ability to develop and carry out a research project or creative work under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
  4. Applicants may be pursuing any major field of study and must have at least a 3.2 overall GPA.
  5. Undergraduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credits and graduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ for 9 credits in the semester(s) during which the research and/or creative work will be undertaken.

   

   
• APPLICATION PROCESS
  These are the materials you will need to prepare for the portal. Please have them ready. You must complete the application in a single session.

  1. A cover sheet (form provided by IHH)
  2. A brief description (approximately 3-5 pages) of the proposed project, including the objectives of the research and creative work (where applicable) including its relationship to health or healthcare and Humanities (broadly construed), and a plan of how the research will be organized and the work completed, and how the resources of the Ridge Collection will be used
  3. An abstract of no more than 250 words that summarizes the proposal and the methods involved; the abstract should be designed to convince the reader-judge of the project’s merit
  4. A current transcript
  5. A letter of support from the faculty mentor
• SELECTION CRITERIA

  Proposals will be judged by Institute of Humanities and Health board members assessing the extent to which they:

  1. Provide a sound thesis and rationale for the project
  2. Demonstrate originality
  3. Note the significance and/or contribution of the work
  4. Are written in a clear and understandable manner
  5. Articulate the relationship between the humanities and health and/or healthcare in the proposed project
  6. Meet all requirements noted in these guidelines
• PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE
  1. Awards will be announced in late spring.
  2. Scholars meet with Librarian at the Ridge Library to discuss their project and available resources; the first 50% of the award amount provided
  3. Successful applicants are expected to make a presentation about their research and/or creative work at a Ridge Scholar Panel of GradCon typically in late February/early March (although applicants with meritorious projects with a slightly later completion date will be considered for presentation in conjunction with later or a Ridge Symposium).