Community-Engaged Research and Praxis Fellowships 2023, CCSRE
CCSRE COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH (CBR) and PRAXIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
The Community-Based Research Fellowship supports teams of faculty, students, and community partners in conducting research that addresses community-identified needs. The Praxis Fellowship supports student working directly with community organizations committed to racial justice.
CBR Fellowship Information Sessions (RSVP)
- Jan. 10: 4:30-5:15pm, RSVP for Zoom link
- Jan. 18, 12noon – 1pm, Haas Center for Public Service, DK Room (lunch provided, RSVP encouraged)
- Jan 25, 12 noon – 1:00pm, CCSRE, Building 360 Conference Room (lunch provided, RSVP encouraged)
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Since 2007, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity has scaffolded summer fellowships that pair undergraduate students completing their frosh, sophomore, and junior years with 1) CCSRE faculty affiliates working on community-engaged research and 2) community partners committed to advancing racial justice. These Cardinal Quarter Fellowships fall into two categories:
The CCSRE Community-Based Research (CBR) Fellowship pairs students with projects spearheaded by CCSRE faculty affiliates. CBR provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to develop a structured research project in collaboration with a faculty mentor and an organization committed to public service and/or community development. This program facilitates the integration of undergraduate students into original and innovative research that focuses on community impact and reinvestment. It simultaneously supports faculty-led projects that engage with issues of race, justice, and power.
The CCSRE Praxis fellowship supports students interested in social change, activism, and community organizing by matching students with fellowship positions at grassroots organizations with commitments to racial justice. The fellows undertake a summer project that is co-designed with their respective organizations during the spring quarter. Students learn from experienced organizers and community leaders, participate in skill-building workshops, study movement histories, and engage directly in movement-building work.
CBR and Praxis fellows prepare for their summer work by enrolling in CSRE 146B in the Spring quarter. The course centers ethical frameworks for community advocacy and engaged research. Fellows gain access to professional and technical training, faculty mentors, a vibrant cohort of peers, and a dedicated team of fellowship coordinators. The CCSRE fellowship structure engages, challenges, and empowers students as they delve into meaningful and transformative work with community partners.
Fellows are paid $7,500 for the summer for 35+ hours of work per week for ten weeks. Fellows may be eligible for up to $1,500 supplementary pay in accordance with financial need.
- In Winter 2023, select applicants are matched with a project and commit to the fellowship program by signing a student contract.
- In Spring 2023, fellows enroll in CSRE 146B: Approaching Research in the Community: Design and Methods.This course will prepare students to conduct summer research with a community partner and faculty Principal Investigator. Fellows meet with their PI at least three times over the course of Spring Quarter to develop the parameters of the summer research project and identify skills and background knowledge to hone in advance of the summer.
- In the Summer 2023, fellows work full-time (at least 35 hours/week for ten weeks) on their project. Fellows keep in touch with their cohort and CCSRE program directors via biweekly check-in meetings and reflection papers. Working with the project’s faculty PI and community partners, students design and implement a strategy to disseminate research findings. At the conclusion of the fellowship, they submit an 8-10 page paper summarizing their work that is archived with the Stanford Digital Repository.
- In Autumn 2023, students share their research with peers, faculty, community partners at the Stanford Engaged Scholarship Symposium.
The fellowship application consists of three components:
- General background information
- 3 essays (300-500 words each) describing interest in social justice work and critical race issues
- Community partner selection
Students will be selected based on their academic background and how well their responses demonstrate that the fellowship will:
- Benefit the community served.
- Expand and augment the student’s major course of study.
- Integrate the student in a substantive and meaningful way into the work of a community organization committed to social justice and movement building.
- Provide valuable experience for career considerations and/or advanced study or projects such as an honors thesis.
Note: Students do not need prior experience in community work, organizing, or development, but must demonstrate a commitment to social justice.
Priorities for funding are students:
- Majoring in an undergraduate program affiliated with CCSRE (i.e., Asian American Studies, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, Comparative Studies, Jewish Studies, and/or Native American Studies).
- Are continuing an existing personal or institutional relationship with a community partner or faculty PI.
Eligibility
- Availability: This is a full-time summer research/internship opportunity for Summer Quarter 2023. You will also be required to take a spring quarter course, and present at a fall quarter research symposium.
- Time Commitment: Full-time is defined as 35+ hours per week in 10 consecutive weeks, i.e., it is the student's primary activity that quarter.
- Flex Term Requirement: Students can only be awarded a full-time VPUE Department/Faculty Grant in Summer 2023 by taking a Flex Term.
- Students must have completed two full-time enrolled quarters this academic year by the time their full-time VPUE Department/Faculty Grant begins - these quarters do not have to be consecutive.
- If a student wants to participate in a full-time VPUE Faculty/Department project in Summer 2023, they must be enrolled full-time in at least 2 quarters out of Autumn, Winter, or Spring (does not have to be consecutive quarters)
- Students are only allowed 1 Flex Term per academic year.
- International students must consult with Bechtel before attempting to take a Flex Term without three quarters of full-time enrollment first.
- Outside Commitments and Concurrent Course Enrollment:
- Other Stanford funding: A student may only receive one full-time Stanford-funded experiential learning opportunity in the 2022-23 academic year
- Full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant student recipients are not permitted to engage in another full-time internship, job, or volunteer opportunity (whether funded by Stanford or otherwise), including but not limited to:
- Major Grant
- Chappell Lougee Scholarship
- Beagle II
- Haas Summer Fellowship/Cardinal Quarter
- Stanford Seed
- Departmental Grant-supported summer research position
- Faculty Grant-supported summer research position
- Other full-time summer fellowship or internship
- The above opportunities represent a significant time commitment and are intended to support a student’s unique full-time effort on a project
- Full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant student recipients are not permitted to engage in another full-time internship, job, or volunteer opportunity (whether funded by Stanford or otherwise), including but not limited to:
- Other Stanford funding: A student may only receive one full-time Stanford-funded experiential learning opportunity in the 2022-23 academic year
- Students may not receive both academic units and a stipend for any single project activity.
- Funds may not be used to directly support honors thesis research. Honors students should seek funding through UAR’s Student Grants Program.
- Funds may only support current Stanford undergraduates. Co-terminal MS or MA students may be supported only if their undergraduate degree is not conferred before the conclusion of the project.
- Students are permitted to enroll in up to five units of coursework during the Flex Term in which they are engaging in a full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant project
- Full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant recipients are permitted to work at an additional internship, job, or volunteer position for no more than 10 hours per week. If a student is enrolling in coursework, then the student is not permitted to engage in any additional internship/work/volunteer opportunities.
- While full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant recipients are permitted to work at an additional 10 hours per week, these additional hours cannot be funded with an alternate VPUE Department/Faculty Grant
- Students who receive a full-time VPUE Faculty/Department Grant cannot enroll in five units and work 10 hours per week during a Flex Term synchronously
- Please note violations of Undergraduate Fellowship program policies are also violations of the Fundamental Standard and may be referred to the Office of Community Standards.
