Sigma Delta Pi
Graduate Research Grants

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce its inaugural graduate research grant program for the summer of 2008 and the 2008-09 academic year. Eligible graduate students who are active members of Sigma Delta Pi may apply for one of two grants of up to $2000 each to support travel to Spain or Spanish America for the sole purpose of research related to Hispanic Studies.

 RULES GOVERNING THE RESEARCH GRANT COMPETITION
 

CRITERIA

To be eligible to receive one of the two research grants, a graduate student must meet the following minimal requirements: :

(1) must specialize in Hispanic Studies;

(2) must be an active (elected) member of Sigma Delta Pi;

(3) must have a superior academic record;

(4) must be enrolled on February 1, 2008 as a full-time graduate student;

(5) must have earned grades in at least 6 semester or 9 quarter hours of graduate Spanish courses;

(6) must be nominated in writing by the chapter adviser;

(7) must submit five copies of a fully completed official application form together with all required documentation. (Contact local chapter adviser for the official application form and additional information.)

Undergraduate students are not eligible for the research grants.

OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM.

Applicants must use the official form included in the following downloadable application packet: 2008 Graduate Research Grant Application Packet.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS.

All applications must be postmarked not later than February 1, 2008. Those postmarked after this date will not be considered.

JUDGING APPLICATIONS.

Working independently and with a given set of criteria, the judges will select the winners. Their decision will be final.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS.

Winners will be notified around April 1, 2008.

USE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.

Sigma Delta Pi research grants MUST be used solely for the purposes stated in the awardee's original application (e.g., for study in Spain or Spanish America, exact location[s], length of time specified, etc.) and for research purposes only. Permission will not be granted to alter the originally proposed research plan. Sigma Delta Pi's research grants are non-transferable. Each awardee will receive half of the amount of their grant prior to their research trip, and the remaining half at the completion of their trip and after their photo and essay have been submitted (see below).

RESPONSIBILITIES OF WINNERS.

By October 1, 2008, each grant recipient must send via e-mail to Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro (delmastrom@citadel.edu) a passport-size photograph (.jpg or .gif format) and an essay (Word format) of approximately 200 words in Spanish reporting on their research trip and the related work completed. The photo and essay will be published in the subsequent issue of Sigma Delta Pi's annual journal, Entre Nosotros.

Awardees unable to undertake the research made possible by the grant must inform the Executive Secretary-Treasurer (delmastrom@citadel.edu) immediately and return any funding already received.