Research Grants/Internships
The Barbara Anton Internship Grant
Undergraduate students doing an honors thesis involving an internship or volunteer work in a community agency are eligible to apply for the Barbara Anton research grant. The thesis and community work must be in some way related to the welfare of women and children, and the $1000 grant used to further research.
Applications should include:
- a three- to five- page description of your honors thesis
- the name of the community organization with which you are working
- a letter of support from your thesis advisor
Applications were due by October 1, 2008
The grant commemorates Barbara Anton’s many contributions to the Pembroke Center over nearly two decades as director of the Pembroke Associates organization.
Congratulations Alison Cohen |
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Research Project: Community-Based Participatory Epidemiology: Developing, Conducting, and Analyzing an Environmental Health Assessment with Communities for a Better Environment. Cohen will develop a better local understanding of the pollution burden and health problems affecting residents of Richmond, California, a low-income community of color living near a Chevron oil refinery and other industrial facilities. She will be conducing survey research on residents’ health status, health resources, and known exposures.
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The Helen Terry MacLeod Research Grant
The MacLeod grant supports undergraduate honors research on issues having to do with women or gender, or research that brings a feminist analysis to bear on a problem or set of questions. Students currently working on honors theses in any field are eligible to apply. The $1000 grant is to be used to further research.
Applications should include:
- a three- to five-page description of your honors thesis
- a letter of support from your thesis advisor
Applications were due by October 1, 2008
The grant honors the life of Helen Terry MacLeod (1901-1994) who did not herself have a college education but who helped support the undergraduate, graduate, and professional school educations of her grandchildren, including Joan MacLeod Heminway ’83.
Congratulations Karen Dannemiller |
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Research Project: Develop and test an inexpensive formaldehyde detection system to be used in the home to help prevent formaldehyde exposure, particularly in infancy and early childhood. Formaldehyde, an irritant and a carcinogen, is found in all types of housing, but especially in mobile homes. Pregnant women and young children are of particular risk.
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The Linda Pei Undergraduate Research Grant
New in 2008, the Linda Pei Undergraduate Research Grant supports an undergraduate research project related to issues of women’s financial empowerment such as: gender equality in the workplace; micro-lending to women in developing nations; and, the relationship between educational attainment and financial independence for women. The $1000 grant is to be used to further research.
The grant honors the life of Linda Pei ’67 (1944-2007). Linda was born in China and grew up in Tokyo. Her parents sent her to the United States for schooling at the age of sixteen. She graduated from Brown with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, earned a master’s degree in teaching from Wesleyan University, and completed a master’s degree in business administration at Stanford University. She founded the Women’s Equity Mutual Fund in 1993 to advance the social and economic status of women in the workplace by bringing to bear the collective power of individual and institutional investors. She also founded a program to integrate entrepreneurial learning and microfinance in a small community in China.
Applications should include:
- a three- to five-page description of your research project
- a letter of support from your advisor
Applications were due by October 1, 2008
Congratulations Debbie Lehmann
Department of Economics |
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Research Project: Examine the role of microcredit programs on women’s empowerment in Salta, Argentina. Lehmann is partnering with Pro Mujer – a local organization that provides microcredit, health education, business development, and empowerment training to women. Lehmann seeks to understand how microcredit programs impact women’s lives – particularly gender roles and relationships. She will use the grant to conduct further survey research in Argentina.
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Please submit application materials to:
The Pembroke Center
172 Meeting Street
Box 1958
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912