IR Sponsored Research Prizes

Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize
The Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize is an incentive award that enables the recipient(s) to undertake a volunteer activity, internship, research project, or plan of study in any field involving international issues.  Honoring Anne Borghesani (J'89), the award seeks to foster personal growth, independence, a heightened understanding of all peoples and encourage a commitment to the world community.  Second-semester sophomores and juniors from ANY department or major with a minimal GPA of 2.8 or above are eligible for the prize.  Past projects include an internship in Russia working on TB, a research trip on Islamic Feminism to Barcelona, a volunteer activity with Habitat for Humanity in Kyrgyzstan, and a summer session at a language school in Morocco. Learn more.

IR Research Scholars Program
This scholarship pairs rising seniors with faculty mentors who guide a summer research project in preparation for a Senior Honors Thesis, Directed Research Project, senior seminar paper, Fulbright proposal or other significant research paper in the senior year. The scholarship will support a minimum of eight weeks of IR Core Faculty-mentored summer research for the gathering of materials and data.  Awards will be granted to both students and faculty mentors. Past research projects include public opinion on military intervention before/ after Iraq, microfinance in Tulear, Madagascar, and intellectual property rights of essential medicines in Third World Countries. Learn more.

Tufts University Research Prizes and Grants

Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education
This office is a great resource for Tufts students to gain insight into research and scholarship opportunities both on and off the Tufts campus. Learn more.

Summer Scholars
The Tufts Summer Scholars Program offers research apprenticeships with faculty/clinical mentors to motivated Tufts undergraduates. The program will provide for 30 Tufts undergraduates to do summer research. Each student will receive $3,500 for full-time research leading to a senior honors thesis or some form of culminating project. In addition, a $1,000 grant to defray research expenses will be made available to each recipient up until the time of graduation. Faculty/clinical mentors will receive a $1,000 research stipend. Learn more.

Tufts Career Services Summer Internship Grants
Through generous donations from alumni and the Tufts Diversity Fund, Career Services is able to provide funding for up to 35 internships for summer 2007. These funds offer students in AS&E the opportunity to explore career fields and gain experience through full-time, unpaid internships. Learn more.

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service: ACS Fellows: International
Tufts undergraduate or graduate students can submit proposals outlining an international active citizenship project of their own design. Students who would like to be considered for this program need to complete an application, project budget and provide a letter of support from the agency or community that they desire to work with. If more than one student wishes to work on the same international project, then those students need to collaborate and complete the application as a group. Learn More.

The Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship Grant
The Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship supports internships and research projects related to international development and poverty alleviation. Empower also has seed funding available to support student-designed social enterprise initiatives. The objective of Empower is to help educate, mentor, guide and motivate future social entrepreneurs, defining social entrepreneurship as activities that benefit humankind. The program offers a platform for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in practical, experiential learning to complement their studies and make a positive social impact. Students will participate in internships, research, or projects of their own design. In addition, they will join a network at Tufts, which encourages collaboration, mentorship, and the promotion of social entrepreneurship on campus.  Learn More.