Tinker Grant Purpose:

The Tinker Foundation's Field Research Grants Program provides graduate students with funds ($800 - $2000) for travel to and within Latin America to conduct pre-dissertation research. While each department has different stepping stones to disseration research, we will give priority to pre-dissertation research (including MA and early doctoral students). These awards allow students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language and culture, familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their studies, conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their respective fields.

Eligibility: Graduate students in any department are eligible, with priority given to students completing pre-dissertation research. The Tinker Field Research grants are not to be used for advanced dissertation research. Citizens of Latin American countries enrollect at US institutions are eligible to receive awards to conduct research in their home countries provided they have no previous field research experience in that country. 

Application instructions:

1. Fill out the application form below entirely and completely.

2. In addition to filling out the application form, the applicant's advisor(s) must submit an email to lasc@colorado.edu that addresses (in one brief paragraph) the following:

a. Is this student at an appropriate stage in their career for this field research?

b. Do you support the application?

3. Send a CV as a PDF or Word Document to lasc@colorado.edu. 

4. Send a Project Budget as a PDF, Excel, or Microsof Word document to lasc@colorado.edu. Tinker Foundation Funds can only be used for two expense categories: (1) travel to and within Latin America and (2) field-related expenses, such as per diem, insurance, and visas. Please attach your budget in a Microsoft Word, PDF or Microsoft Excel document in accordance with these guidelines.

Enter your first and last name.
Which CU-Boulder department do you study in?
Are you a Masters or PhD student?
Please describe in a sentence or two the other funding sources you already have for this project.
(500 words maximum) State what the problem is, connecting it directly to an important empirical or theoretical debate. Since evaluators of the proposal represent different disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, stating the problem directly and in clear fashion will increase the chances of funding. Problems that are difficult for people in other disciplines to recognize and understand will have little chance of funding. (Please limit your entry to 500 words. Statements longer than 500 words will not be reviewed).
(500 words maximum) How will the study be designed to address the problem? We ask that applicants provide a very short and succinct explanation of how the study is constructed to generate either accurate observational data or insights. Successful applicants will demonstrate how data will be collected and how inferences can be drawn from the exercise to inform policy or theory. (Please limit your entry to 500 words. Statements longer than 500 words will not be reviewed.)
(500 words maximum) Once the data are collected and analyzed, what impact will the information have on theories associated with the problem or the attempts to solve the problem in practical terms? Successful applications will identify how the research will directly impact their field or attempts to solve the problem. (Please limit your entry to 500 words. Statements longer than 500 words will not be reviewed.)
(250 words maximum). Provide a brief description of the project timeline. Projects cannot last longer than four months. (Please limit your entry to 250 words. Statements longer than 250 words will not be reviewed.)