Sapir Scholars
The Sapir Scholars Program pairs undergraduate students with advanced graduate students in the Linguistics Department who will mentor and supervise them as they serve as research assistants to the graduate students’ own research projects. The undergraduate student receives a stipend of $500 for the quarter, paid in two parts: one payment of $250 when you begin working with your graduate student mentor, and a second payment of the same amount at the end of the quarter. The graduate student gets help with his or her research, and experience as an official undergraduate mentor and supervisor.
Graduate Student Information
We invite applications for the autumn quarter immediately: please send a brief (300-500 word) description of the project. Please be sure to include the student’s role in the research, an estimate of how much time will be involved for the undergraduate (no more than 5 hours/week) and your involvement in mentoring. Also, bear in mind that if your project is accepted your description will be posted as part of the call for applications to the undergraduate list: please make the descriptions accessible to undergraduate students. Each project must also have faculty oversight, so include the name of the faculty advisor for your project in your email.
Graduate students who have worked with a Sapir Scholar in the past may apply again, though the committee may give preference to applications from graduate students who have not previously been selected. If you are currently working with a Sapir Scholar and would like to continue working with that individual, please indicate that in your email.
Once we have the list of accepted projects, we will ask undergraduate students to apply to work on a specific project. In choosing a student to work with you, keep in mind that appointment as a Sapir Scholar is generally a recognition for our more advanced majors (third or fourth year in the College); students who are only minoring in Linguistics or who have had only one or two courses so far should be chosen only if they have other qualifications that make them particularly well suited to your project. We hope to have the Sapir Scholars in place and working on your projects by the start of the second week of autumn quarter at the latest.
Undergraduate Student Information
Appointment as a Sapir Scholar is generally a recognition for our more advanced majors (third or fourth year in the College); students who are only minoring in Linguistics or who have had only one or two courses so far will be chosen only if they have other qualifications that make them particularly well suited to a project.
The application deadline for applicants interested in being a Sapir Scholar will be announced soon. Please check back here and look out for detailed updates from the lingundergrads listserv.