David Lucas Travel Grant for Humphrey students
2017 – Guidelines
Objectives
To encourage students to do internships, field experiences,
professional paper or capstone research in the fields of international affairs,
international development, or any of the specializations listed under the
Humphrey School’s global public policy concentration in central or southern
region of the Western Hemisphere. Students in
all HHH master-level degree programs are encouraged to apply.
Requirements
The sponsoring organization and the project work must relate
to international affairs, broadly defined, and the project requires travel abroad
to an eligible country or region. Please
read all guidelines listed in this document carefully.
Awards
The Lucas and Stassen Grant Selection Committee will award the
grant for the summer of 2017. The Award will
be $500 based upon need and the quality of the proposal.
Eligibility
Any student currently enrolled in good standing in a master
degree program (MHR, MPP, MS-STEP, MPA, MURP or MDP) at the Humphrey School of
Public Affairs is eligible to apply.
Application Procedures
Applications
are due by midnight, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The Award will be announced on or
before Friday, April 14, 2017. Please provide the following information:
1.
A one paragraph summary of proposed
internship, field experience, capstone or professional paper research project (include a summary of your anticipated project
expenses). Please list the name of your
project faculty advisor.
2. A
two page description of your internship, field experience, or capstone or professional
paper research project. Please
describe what you want to do, the expected outcome or product of this work,
what background and expertise you bring to this work, why you have chosen this
particular organization or area of research, and what this experience will add
to your professional development. Please note any particular UMN resources
(faculty advisors, university contacts or projects, university offices or
facilities abroad) you are using to assist in preparation for your project. For
research projects, please attach a comprehensive literature review.
3.
A project expense statement and budget. Please
attach a budget for your project that provides the following financial
information: any compensation you will receive from a host organization, any
other income, awards, or grants that you have for the summer relevant to this
project, and the major summer costs you will incur (for example, travel
expenses, housing, food or research-related expenses). Please see attached budget guidelines below.
4. Information about host organization or
capstone client. Students applying
for internship, MDP field experience or summer capstone project must provide
relevant documentation relating to their host organization or capstone
client. For internship applications: A
signed internship agreement form (available: www.hhh.umn.edu/career ) is
required. For capstone students, a
signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or equivalent is required. Professional paper students will need a
signed paper topic approval form. The document submitted should describe
any resources that the organization will commit to the project as well as the
person who will be your primary contact and a brief explanation of the ways in
which the organization intends to make use of your work. Students doing research projects should
indicate any IRB requirements (see below).
5.
Your resume.
Please submit your application by email
to Sherry Gray (grayx260@umn.edu) by midnight,
Tuesday, March 21, 2017. All documents should be labeled with your last name
(ex: gray.resume.lucas.doc) and included in the same pdf file, also labeled
with your last name and Lucas (ex: gray.lucas.pdf).
Late applications will not be accepted,
but students are encouraged to submit applications even if signed forms with
host organizations are not ready (late forms will be accepted).
Reporting Requirements
At some point during
the funding period, please send a photo and brief description of your project
to Sherry Gray for posting on Global
Notes (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/gpa/globalnotes/).
Within a month of returning to campus on completion of the
funded part of your project, please submit a two page report to the global
programs director, Sherry Gray. The report will:
1)
Describe the activities undertaken,
2)
give an assessment of the value of the experience for
the student's HHH program and future plans as well as for the organization
and/or people served, and
3)
provide a brief accounting of how the grant funds were
spent.
Please also send to Sherry Gray a
copy of any final reports, capstone final products, professional papers, or
publications related to this funded project for which you were an author or
co-author.
Please Note
- If your project involves travel to a country on the U.S. State Department's Travel Warning List or other warning lists, such as the Centers for Disease Control (see http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html), University policy requires you to seek special permission. You must apply to the Education Abroad Suspension Committee (EASC), which reviews requests to travel to these countries. You should apply as soon as possible, as the committee review process commonly takes 6 to 8 weeks. The Humphrey School cannot release your funds until you have received approval from the EASC. Information on the review process can be found on the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance website: http://www.international.umn.edu/travel/travelwarning/students.php
- In addition, if your project includes research involving human subjects, you must apply to the University's Institutional Review Board for approval before commencing your work. This process can also take several weeks to complete, so you if your project needs approval you should start your application now. The Humphrey School will need notification of your IRB approval status in order to release your funds. Information on the IRB application process is found at: http://cflegacy.research.umn.edu/irb/applying/
- UMN requires CISI International Health Insurance for travel outside the United States. All students traveling abroad in connection with their University of Minnesota studies are required to receive international health insurance approved by the University’s Risk Management Office: http://global.umn.edu/travel/insurance/outgoing.html.
In the fall of 2013 David
Lucas was a first year MPP student studying global policy. Before coming to the
Humphrey School, he taught political systems and world history in Cali,
Colombia, and before that he taught American History, American Government,
Sociology and World Geography at West Branch High School in Iowa. He grew
up in a family of seven in northeastern Iowa.
In the short time David
was with us at the Humphrey School, his new friends and colleagues benefited
from his rich life experience and his intellectual rigor, and our community was
deeply saddened by his untimely death. Thanks to a thoughtful and
generous contribution from the Lucas family, the Humphrey School is now able to
offer $500.00 to a current Humphrey student interested in work related to a HHH
degree which requires travel to the central or southern regions of the Western
Hemisphere (South or Central America, the Caribbean).
Stassen and Lucas International Grants 2017
Budget Worksheet to Accompany
Application
The Stassen and Lucas grants are intended to support travel,
research, internship, field experience and living expenses abroad. Please itemize
all expenses to be incurred by your project, providing as much detail and
individual budget item justification as possible. Please note that tuition/program
fees for study abroad program, foreign language study or foreign university can
not be covered by the Stassen or Lucas grants. Requests for mileage or per diem
expenses should not exceed amounts permitted by University travel regulations.
Information on the UMN travel policy is
available at http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Student/EDABROAD.html
Applicant’s Name:
Project Location/Organization
Name:
Dates:
Transportation to/from
internship site
Local transportation
Visa, residency fees
Pre-trip medical expenses
(required for destination)
Room and board
Research or project materials
(please list and justify)
UMN CISI international medical insurance (required)
Miscellaneous expenses while
outside the US (please list)
Other (list)
Total Project Budget
Amount received from other
sources (list)
Amount requested
Budget narrative (please list any other information about
your project budget or finances that the Stassen/Lucas grants committee should
know in considering your application):
Please list other fellowship or grant applications pending
and award announcement dates (if known):