The University of Illinois System is eagerly awaiting applications from outstanding students for its Student Affairs Faculty Research Fellowship Programme in the USA. The programme is open for the academic session 2020/2021.
The fellowship encourage talented students who want to conduct a research project to address important questions concerning Student Affairs at UIC.
University of Illinois at Chicago Information
Established in 1858, University of Illinois at Chicago is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of Chicago (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), Illinois. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Urbana-Champaign, Springfield. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Higher Learning Commission, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a very large (uniRank enrollment range: 30,000-34,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 161 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students' past academic record and grades. The admission rate range is 70-80% making this US higher education organization a somewhat selective institution. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.
Offered Benefits
Students will receive up to $25,000, including funds for one-course buy-out or summer salary, and research-related expenses. The course buy-out must occur during the year in which the faculty member serves as a Fellow. Research-related expenses can include software, conference-travel, graduate research assistance, etc.
As needed, students will also get data support from Student Affairs staff. This data support can include accessing local data sets, creating databases from institutional data, consultation on institutional data, etc. It is not the intention of the support to provide statistical training.