Other
Areas to
Explore
In
addition
to the UROPs,
available
in departments,
laboratories
and centers,
there are
a number
of other
research
areas that
you may
wish to
explore,
these include:
The
Arts
Space
Grant
Program
Politics
and Public
Affairs
Field
Research
Opportunities
Art
UROPs and
Projects
UROP offers
an entry to
many kinds
of involvement
and study
in the arts.
Opportunities
for research
abound in
such areas
as electronic
or computer
music, interactive
video, arts
administration,
installation
art, all technical
aspects of
theater, and
the media
of imagery
such as holography
and computer
graphics.
The
following
areas have
UROP opportunities
in the arts:
the Music
and Theater
Arts Section of
the Department
of Humanities,
Arts and Social
Sciences;
Media
Arts and Sciences;
the Visual
Arts Program; the
History,
Theory, and
Criticism
Section of
the Department
of Architecture;
the Program
in Writing
and Humanistic
studies;
Comparative
Media Studies;
the List
Visual Arts
Center, the
MIT
Museum, and
the Center
for Advanced
Visual Studies.
Other Arts
Funding
Additional sources
of funding for
arts-related
projects outside
the curriculum
include the
Council for
the Arts Grants
Program, the
List Foundation
Fellowship Program,
and the Peter
J. Eloranta
Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowships.
For more information
on these and
other funding
sources see
the Arts
Funding
section of the arts@mit
web site.
For Arts Projects that are
not co-curricular, there
are several funding sources.
The Council for the Arts
has information about various
competitive grants available
to students, staff, and
faculty for creative
arts
proposals in all disciplines.
Massachusetts
Space Grant
Consortium
The Massachusetts
Space Grant
Consortium
is a joint
MIT/NASA/industry
program designed to
attract more
students to
space science
and space
engineering.
Among other
activities,
Space Grant
offers a seminar
(16.S26) for
first-year
students that
combines space
science and
engineering.
Grants are
available
during the
academic year
to undergraduates
doing research
in any area
related to
the study
of space science
and engineering.
Proposals
are invited
from students
in departments
throughout
MIT and Wellesley.
Students
will also
be considered
for summer
positions
with participating
companies,
to be arranged
through the
Space Grant
Office.
For further
information,
contact: Ms.
Helen Halaris,
Room 33-208, x8-5546,
halaris@mit.edu.
Politics
and Public
Affairs
Field Research
Opportunities
The Political
Science Internship
and Field
Research Program
is designed
to supplement
classroom
learning with
hands-on experience
and research
in settings
where political
activity,
policy making,
and implementation
actually take
place. Placement
possibilities
include political
campaigns,
legislators'
offices, legal
service organizations,
human service
agencies,
advocacy groups,
and organizations
concerned
with such
issues as
public health,
the environment,
the homeless,
and more.
The program
will make
an effort
to search
out opportunities
that meet
each student's
interests.
UROP guidelines
prevail. Most
field research
opportunities
are for credit.
For further
information,
contact: Ms.
Tobie Weiner,
Undergraduate
Political
Science Office,
E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu.
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