The Humboldt Fellowship is the most prestigious research award for international researchers seeking to do research at German universities, and was created by the German government to "foster collaborations between German researchers and researchers located outside Germany."
The interview spotlights Shen's multi-award winning research on regulatory enforcement, her interdisciplinary integration of political science and environmental science, and her intellectual trajectory from Swarthmore to Stanford to here at WashU.
The grant, awarded on behalf of the Rapoport Family Foundation, seeks to support dissertation research in American political behavior for PhD students.
Weidenbaum Center small grants awards are typically under $15,000 and funding is provided for up to one year. Awards are given for research that focuses on social science and/or public policy.
Undergrads Tanya Keskar and John Li were part of organizations moved to the finals on November 19th to compete for funding from a $25,000 prize pool and the chance to lift the SVC cup.
The award recognizes research that assesses pathways to achieve measurable but as-yet unrealized gains in overall environmental performance, in particular to reduce consumption and waste.
The article, part of his PhD dissertation, looks at why formal land titles are so rare in sub-Saharan Africa.
The project looks to create a first of its kind database of US governor State of the State addresses.
The grant provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.
The awards will be presented at the APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver this September.
The fellowships were bestowed on four different grad students across Arts & Sciences including two PhD students from Political Science.