Undergraduate Grants

For over a decade, CES has offered summer research travel grants for senior thesis writers to explore their topics abroad. In preparation for working on a senior thesis, the Center is offering a new series of workshops this year. Follow the links below to learn more about applying for a travel grant, to see a list of past grantees and their research topics, and to access valuable proposal-writing resources.



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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
CES Seminar Series on Senior Thesis Research

Seminars will be led by Kyoko Sato, Lecturer in Social Studies and Juliet Wagner, Lecturer in History & Literature

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cabot Room

Are you a junior planning to write a thesis next year? Are you beginning to wonder how you'll navigate the process of choosing a topic and then formulating a feasible research project? If you are hoping to do research abroad (in Europe or elsewhere), do you know how to go about getting summer travel funding? The Center for European Studies can help by providing some insider advice on all of these questions. Dinner will be provided. This session: Session 3: How do I write a successful proposal to fund my thesis? (3 February)

Please join us for dinner and guidance. This seminar series is extremely popular; if you are interested in attending this or a future session, you MUST contact ccolburn@fas.harvard.edu to see if spots are available.

For other events in the series, please see the Senior thesis workshop flyer »