March 18, 2022
The Center for the Study of Law and Society is pleased to announce we are now accepting submissions for two new annual awards - the CSLS Frances S. Coles Summer Research Grants & CSLS Graduate Student Paper Prize. The full announcements are posted on our website
CSLS Frances S. Coles Summer Research Grants
The CSLS Frances S. Coles Summer Research Grants are designed to assist graduate students who are pursuing independent research related to law and society. Grant funds are to support research-related expenditures, including living expenses, for graduate students who are conducting research during the summer term. Awards are intended to allow for a period of time free from other work obligations during which the student will produce a substantive research product, such as a journal article, dissertation chapter, or similar research product, and submit it for evaluation. Research products may be part of a larger dissertation. Examples include an empirical article or book chapter submitted for publication, a completed dissertation chapter that is submitted to the student’s dissertation committee, or a completed paper submitted to a conference. After completing their summer research projects, grant recipients are required to file a one-page report along with a copy of the specific research product they produced and evidence of submission before receiving the final installment of their grant. Graduate students will be eligible for awards up to $7,000.
Applications must be submitted via this Google form on or before April 15, 2022.
Questions about the CSLS Frances S. Coles Summer Research Grants should be submitted via email with the subject line: Questions re: Frances S. Coles summer research grants.
The Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce our inaugural Graduate Student Paper Prize. Beginning in 2022, the CSLS Graduate Student Paper Prize will be awarded annually to a current Berkeley graduate student whose nominated paper, written while a graduate student at Berkeley within 18 months prior to the nomination deadline, best represents outstanding law and society research, as described here. Competitive papers also will speak to one or more of the Center’s areas of scholarly focus: criminal justice, democracy and civil society, and/or inequality. The award carries a prize of $1,000; students must meet registration requirements to receive the cash prize.
The Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce our inaugural Graduate Student Paper Prize. Beginning in 2022, the CSLS Graduate Student Paper Prize will be awarded annually to a current Berkeley graduate student whose nominated paper, written while a graduate student at Berkeley within 18 months prior to the nomination deadline, best represents outstanding law and society research, as described here. Competitive papers also will speak to one or more of the Center’s areas of scholarly focus: criminal justice, democracy and civil society, and/or inequality. The award carries a prize of $1,000; students must meet registration requirements to receive the cash prize.
Nominations must be submitted via this Google form on or before Monday, May 2, 2022 Nominations received after May 2, 2022 will not be considered.
Questions about the CSLS Graduate Student Paper Prize should be submitted via email with the subject line: Question about CSLS graduate student paper prize.
Pamela Erickson, Executive Director
Catherine Albiston, Faculty Director