Dean's Office Summer Project Assistantships
Each spring, the Dean’s Office invites applications from Maxwell faculty for summer funding for the graduate assistant of their choice to support preliminary research for and/or preparation of a proposal for external project funding. Successful faculty applicants are expected to submit a related proposal to an external funder and must provide a written report within one year of the issuance of the award.
Active Funding Opportunities
AY 2023-24
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
AY 2024-25
Release date: April 2025
Closed Funding Opportunities
AY 2022-23
AY 2021-2022
AY 2021-2022
AY 2020-2021
Grants
AY 2022-2023
Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, Anthropology
Decompression sickness in depleted seas: Exploring the physiological consequences of climate change on commercial fishers in the Caribbean
Kristy Buzard, Economics
What attracts and deters women and underrepresented minorities from economics?
Robert Bifulco, Public Administration and International Affairs
Evaluating effectiveness of early literacy policies: Comparing retention, retention plus student supports, and retention plus accountability policies
Jun Li, Public Administration and International Affairs
Preliminary analyses of health inequities experienced by older people with ADRD using home health care
Gretchen Purser, Sociology
When work reappears: A collaborative ethnography of chip manufacturing in Syracuse
Becky Schewe, Sociology
Flooding and infrastructural inequality: Human decisions drive flood risk
AY 2021-2022
Mona Bhan, Anthropology
De (humanizing) war: Artificial intelligence weapons and the future of the human
Julia Carboni, Public Administration and International Affairs
Research to practice: Hunger-free communities collective impact framework
Scott Landes, Sociology
COVID-19 vaccination outcomes among disabled and nondisabled adults
Andrew London, Sociology
Attitudes toward extramarital relationships in the context of spousal Alzheimer's Disease
AY 2020-2021
Kristy Buzard, Economics
Quantifying GATT trade liberalization
Margarita Esteves-Abe, Political Science
Politics of childcare in the US: Comparative study of states and cities
Johannes Himmelreich, Public Administration and International Affairs
The philosophical foundations of data science
Sebastian Karcher, Political Science
Developing standards and practices for verifying qualitative and multi-method research
Andre Ortega, Geography and the Environment
Comparative counter-cartographies, subaltern placemaking, and sustainable urbanization in the Global South
AY 2019-2020
Kristy Buzard, Economics | GA: Jorge Valdebenito
Lobbying and legislative uncertainty
Peng Gao, Geography | GA: Atef Amriche
Obtaining morphological changes of braided rivers in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau using UAV, multispectral and SAR remote sensing
Erin Hern, Political Science | GA: Nneka Eke
Lessons in success: How Africa’s high performers achieved positive outcomes under adverse circumstances
Emily Wiemers, Public Administration and International Affairs | GA: Hannah Patnaik
The strength of the family safety net during the coronavirus pandemic
Yingyi Ma, Sociology | GA: Crystal Lee
Chinese students amidst COVID-19: Double binds and difficult choices
Gretchen Purser, Sociology | GA: Madeleine Hamlin
Freedom commons: Entanglements of social and penal policy in housing provisions for the poor