2021 College Summer Institute

College Summer Institute (CSI) in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 

An immersive full-time summer research experience 

The College Summer Institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences provides selected undergraduates the opportunity to undertake intensive intellectual training and research with accomplished scholars and peers at the University of Chicago. Summer Institute Scholars will collaborate closely with a small cohort of faculty across humanistic disciplines in an environment that encourages creative academic inquiry, rigorous discourse, and helps them to develop the research tools necessary for further engagement with their own disciplines. The Summer Institute will allow students to develop original research projects centered on the interdisciplinary theme of the Institute and collaborate with one another and their faculty mentors.

The 2021 CSI theme is Mobile Lives. The 2021 College Summer Institute offers undergraduates an opportunity to pursue rigorous, mentored research projects on questions about migration and mobile lives. While the CSI faculty mentors come from particular disciplines, we welcome students interested in pursuing ambitious research projects from any artistic, humanistic or social-scientific angle, including, but not limited to history, literature, film, art history, philosophy, music, linguistics, anthropology, political science, sociology, the history and philosophy of science, cognitive science, psychology, and social justice. 

2021 CSI Program dates: June 16 - June 30; September 7 - September 23, 2021

This is a full-time, 10 week summer research experience. Summer Institute scholars are expected to participate fully in the Institute program while it is in session for the above dates (M-F, ~9:30 am - 4:30 pm CST). Scholars are also expected to devote 5 additional weeks of full-time research to their CSI project outside of the formal dates of the program. 

Summer Institute Scholars Grant: $5500.00

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Application deadline: February 15, 2021