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For Students: Research

Student Research Stipends

Painting by Emma Lo '08

  Painting by Emma Lo '08

To foster vigorous and independent humanistic scholarship by Haverford students, the Humanities Center offers research stipends of up to $300. Applications may be made for any of the following purposes:

  • Travel to professional conferences & meetings relevant to a research project; to cultural events integral to a research or creative project; travel to libraries, collections, or museums to support a research or creative project;
  • Obtaining materials needed for a research project unavailable in Tri-Co collections.

Grants are made on a rolling, ad hoc basis up to the capacity of the Center's funding line for this program. They are usually given for senior projects, although others may be considered. Applications must be supported by a Haverford faculty member.

How to Apply

Please email an MSWord file to Associate Director James Weissinger at jweissin@haverford.edu with the following:

  1. Name, Year, Major/Minor
  2. Faculty Sponsor name and contact info (make sure to tell your faculty sponsor you'll be putting down his/her name!)
  3. A description of your project; how will you utilize the funding? How does the project relate to your coursework?
  4. A detailed, itemized budget of expenses (travel, lodging, etc.)

View Past Student Research Projects

The Haverford Journal

The Haverford Journal is published annually by the Haverford Journal Editorial Board at Haverford College. The Journal was founded in the spring of 2004 by Robert Schiff in an effort to showcase some of Haverford's best student work in the humanities and social sciences.

Editorial Board:
Steve Chehi schehi@haverford.edu (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
Thea Hogarth thogarth@haverford.edu (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
Sam Kaplan smkaplan@haverford.edu
Nick Lotito nlotito@haverford.edu
Candice Smith clsmith@haverford.edu

Read past issues of the Journal

How To Apply

Student work appearing in The Haverford Journal is selected by the Editorial Board, which puts out a call for papers at the end of every spring semester. Entries are judged on the basis of academic merit, clarity of writing, persuasiveness, and other factors that contribute to the quality of a given work.

2008-09 Submission Schedule TBA.