ICPSR Summer Program

Limited funding support is available for faculty and graduate students to attend summer program courses at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) in Ann Arbor, MI. Support will cover the registration fee, and faculty will have funding priority.

There are four types of courses: less than a week intensive, one week intensive, one month courses in the early summer, and one month courses in the late summer. The registration fee for courses ranges from $1,300 to $4,000. Details on the course offerings can be found at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/.

You should apply for the courses directly to the ICPSR. If you want to apply for funding support from the CSU, send your request to Dr. Gregory Bohr at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (see contact info on The Council tab, above). Email him a current copy of your curriculum vitae and a 1-2 page statement indicating the ICPSR summer course(s) you wish to attend, and describing your current position and how your work will benefit from your participation. Include your name, mailing address, phone for days and evenings, and e-mail address. Dr. Bohr can also be contacted via phone at 805/756-1322.

The deadline for receiving applications is Friday, April 22, 2011.

Warren E. Miller Scholarship

A scholarship fund has been established in honor of Warren E. Miller for participation in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) 2011 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. Professor Miller was not only one of the most prominent figures in modern social science research. He was also the founder of both ICPSR and the ICPSR Summer Program.

The Warren E. Miller Scholarship Fund will provide financial support to outstanding pre-tenure scholars (assistant professors and advanced graduate students) in the social and behavioral sciences so they may attend one or both of the four-week sessions in the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program. Recipients of the Miller Scholarship will receive a fee waiver to cover Program enrollment and a stipend to help with expenses while staying in Ann Arbor.

Applicants to the Warren E. Miller Scholarship should have professional interests in one or more of the following areas of research (or in related fields):

1. Developing a common approach to understanding electoral behavior within or across nations

2. Understanding the process of democratization in electoral systems

3. Understanding the link between global politics and local electoral behavior

4. Understanding how context influences political behavior

5. Understanding how globalization causes change in political behavior

Application materials for the Miller Scholarship should be submitted electronically, through the ICPSR Summer Program's online Portal on the Summer Program's website (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/). Applicants should register for the 2011 Summer Program using the online form and select classes in one or both of the four-week sessions. Note that course selections may be modified and changed later. But, the Miller Scholarship Committee may use an applicant's preferred courses as a criterion in the selection process for the scholarship. Along with a completed registration, an application must include:

1. A current vita

2. A cover letter from the student, explaining how participation in the ICPSR Summer Program will contribute toward completion of the Ph.D.

3. Two letters of recommendation. For applicants who are faculty members, one of these letters should come from his or her Department Chair. For graduate student applicants, one of the letters should come from his or her faculty advisor or dissertation chairperson. Letters of recommendation should be e-mailed directly to sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu. Letter writers should include "MILLER SCHOLARSHIP RECOMMENDATION" and the applicant's name in the subject line of the e-mail message.

The application deadline for the Warren E. Miller Scholarship is April 29, 2011.

Further information about the ICPSR Summer Program, including course descriptions and the 2011 schedule, is available on the Program website, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog. Also, you should feel free to contact the ICPSR Summer Program by e-mail (sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu) or by telephone (734-763-7400) if you have any questions.

Last updated: April 04, 2011.