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HATCH, the Mellon Research Initiative on Feminist Arts and Sciences, invites proposals for research grants from UC Davis graduate students whose work engages with this year’s concluding theme: Unhatching Detaching Goodbye.
Unhatching began from the methods and commitments of feminist science technology studies, antiracist science and technology studies, and critical ethnic studies that track how race, gender, sexuality, ability, capital, and geopolitical location shape the value investments and very meanings of science and technology. At the same time, unhatching flags various forms of not-wholly-negative relation within and against disciplinary formations and investments in research, congealed concepts, but also excessively runny ones. The modes are several. Among them: incomplete refusal, critique, avoidance, dilution, failure, porosity, rigidity, complaint, gumming, repurposing, complicity, abortion, detachment, tantrum, and ambiguous exit. Together, they describe a generative suspension between relinquishing and refusal. Doing and undoing. Unhelpful perhaps to capitalism, the university, and liberation alike?
Unhatching Research Grants may be used to support writing, project development support, field research, creative work, and community-building activities both inside and outside the university related to the themes of the initiative.
Minimum grant amount will be $1000. Award amounts will be determined in relation to the number of applicants and the strength of the project proposal.
Please note that stipends are not available for tuition or fee remission.
Who Can Apply: UC Davis graduate students completing their terminal degrees (PhD and MFA) at any stage in their graduate career.
Application Deadline: Friday, April 8, 2022
Award Announcement: Awardees will be notified in the beginning of June and stipends disbursed in Summer 2022.
How to Apply:
Submit completed application materials via email to ucd.hatch@gmail.com, with the subject line “Unhatching Research Grants 2022.”
All applications should include the following information:
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Project Description (up to 500 words) Please provide a brief description of your proposed research. Share how your proposed research engages with the themes of the CFP.
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CV (max 2 pages) Include name, email, degree program.
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If awarded a stipend, in what activities/projects/modes of engagement might you be able to undertake? (up to 250 words)
Funding will be determined by the strength of the proposals (including their feasibility and their potential impact) and their relatedness to the HATCH mission and themes.
Previous recipients of Mellon Initiative funding are welcome to apply, though preference may be given to those who have not yet received funding.