We are pleased to announce the CFP: Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice Research Fellowship!
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Wednesday, January 15th at 5 pm
Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice Research Fellowship: In 2025, a limited number of graduate fellowships will be available to support grads’ ongoing research on topics related to Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice, broadly construed, at UCSC (e.g. health equity, disability rights and health disparities, oral histories of health and illness, care beyond the clinic, medical experiments performed among incarcerated people, BIPOC community medicine, and other alternative health systems).
Because one of the central aims of the collaboration is the dynamic social mapping of our local and state community here in California, priority will be given to campus-based, local, or state-based projects. Those selected will receive a one-time $5,000 fellowship to contribute to student research project costs and will join the ongoing work of the Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice cluster.
Eligibility: UC Santa Cruz graduate students from any department in good academic standing may apply. You must be an enrolled student at time of application. Students are ineligible to apply while on leave or in absentia. You must be available to participate in the fall 2025 “report out” workshop (there will be virtual options).
Awards: Up to eight awards will be made of $5,000 each in 2024-2025. As part of becoming an AMDJ fellow, students will be mentored by MRPI faculty from UCSC and across the participating UC campuses, receive invitations to group events, and participate in a UCSC half-day “report out” workshop in fall 2025.
To Apply: Applications should include the following:
1. Description of what funds will be used for (750-1000 words)
2. How will the funding help you to advance your research project? (750-1000 words)
3. Please mention any other funding you have, its amount and duration.
4. Two-page curriculum vitae
5. Contact information for your department Graduate Director who will be required to confirm through InfoReady that you are within normative time and in good academic standing during the 2024-2025 Academic Year (they will be prompted to do this after you submit your application).
Applications are due by Wednesday, January 15th at 5 pm.
Learn more here.