2023 Human Rights Research Award

Call for applications
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is inviting students to apply for the Human Rights Research Award. 

The ISHR Human Rights Research Award will provide students returning in the spring with an opportunity to gain valuable research experience while supporting the work of Columbia faculty conducting human rights-related research. Students who receive the Fellowship are expected to complete a minimum of 80 hours of research assistance during the academic year.
The research opportunities selected for the 2023-2024 academic year are below. ISHR will award one research stipend per opportunity in the amount of $1,500. Priority will be given to HRSMA and UHRP students.
Jackie Dugard, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights in Political Science, Institute for the Study of Human Rights:
Tim Wyman-McCarthy, Associate in the Discipline of Human Rights in Sociology, Institute for the Study of Human Rights:
Shourideh Molavi, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights in Anthropology, Institute for the Study of Human Rights:
Carlos Alonso Nugent, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature:
Suchitra Vijayan, Lecturer in Sociology, Departments of Sociology and Oral History:
Deadline: Rolling submission, with preference given to applications received by Wednesday, December 13.