The Humanities Center offers funding to hire undergraduate research assistants working alongside faculty in humanities fields at any rank.
The total amount is $1,500 per award. Faculty are eligible to apply for no more than two undergraduate research assistants at a time. Student research assistants are paid $15/hour, which covers 100 hours of research assistance. Funds are available for the full academic year or summer semester. Funds not expended during the set period may not be carried over.
Use of the Award
The student’s work may include research project-related clerical jobs, library research, bibliographic development, editing, and/or analysis (if appropriate). Any other expenses, such as travel, are not allowed. These awards are intended for scholarly research assistance only and may not be used for the development of teaching or pedagogical materials unless there is a clear and justifiable scholarly reason for it.
It is the responsibility of the awardee to locate and hire the student assistant on the basis of his/her/their qualifications, to supervise the student, and to submit a one-page report at the end of the award period describing the type of work the student performed, whether or not it was helpful, and any problems that were encountered. The student also must submit a one-page report offering comments on the experience. Both reports should be submitted to the Humanities Center within one month of the conclusion of the award period.
Hiring of Research assistants shall be done in coordination with the faculty member’s home department administrator. The Humanities Center does not help the faculty member in the hiring process. It is necessary to set up a job posting on JobX describing the job and pay level.
Open to full-time UVM faculty with tenure-track or lecturer appointment, in a humanities department, once every two years for new projects. For continuing projects, faculty may renew for up to 3 years.
Students must be a full-time undergraduate during the semester of the assistantship.
If the student is employed under a separate work-study award, he/she/they must not work more than 10 hours per week, total.
Maximum award amount: up to $1,500 ($15/hr for up to 100 hours of research assistance)
Questions? Humanities.Center@uvm.edu
Deadlines:
Rolling, first come, first served. When funds have been expended for the year, the form will not accept new applications.