UCLA Lewis Center Graduate Research Grant (GRG) Program


The Lewis Center supports research that is aligned with its initiative areas: transportation, environment, housing and economic development. Each fall, the Lewis Center allocates approximately 6 graduate student awards of $1,000 to $4,500 each in support of theses, Applied Policy Projects (APP's), client projects, Applied Management Research (AMR's), and law school related research projects in these fields of study. Priority is given for research focused on policy issues relevant to California. The grants may be used for research costs such as data, software, travel for data collection, production of final report, and undergraduate research assistance. The program will not cover graduate student salaries, tuition remission, meals, or gift cards.

The posted deadline for academic year 2011-2012 is Friday, October 21, 2011, and the application procedure will be widely publicized at the beginning of fall quarter. New this year: students who engage in early research are welcome to apply for Lewis Center support anytime ahead of deadline, to be evaluated on a rolling basis.


Proposals should include the student’s name, department, phone and e-mail addresses; a one-page
proposal containing an overview of the topic, methods, and relevancy to regional policy issues; and a letter of recommendation from one faculty member.

Please submit hard copies of application materials to Deborah Grantham, Graduate Research Grant (GRG) Program, UCLA Lewis Center, 3320J Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656

If you have further questions, feel free to email us.

Application Checklist
Each application should include the following:

1. a cover sheet with title of the project, each group member's name, department, student ID number, current and permanent addresses, phone and e-mail addresses. If all group member's names and information cannot fit on one sheet, use a continuation page.
2. a one-page proposal containing an overview of the topic, methods, and relevancy to regional policy issues.
3. a brief budget.
4. a letter of recommendation from one faculty member for each person.

Budget and recommendation forms are available for download below. Awardees must complete their project by the end of the academic year and submit one final hard copy of the paper and one PDF format electronic copy based on the project for the Lewis Center Working Paper or Student Thesis series.

Proposal Forms
Download: Budget Form (.xls)
Download: Letter of Recommendation Form (PDF) 

Post-Award Forms
Download: Auto-Total (.xls)  Mileage Expense Report for Privately Owned Vehicles 
Download: Travel Reimbursement Form (.doc) 
Download: Check Request Form (.xls) 
Download: Human Research Application Forms & Checklists

IRB
A copy of the human subjects training certificate and either the HS-1 or HS-7 must be on file with the Lewis Center before expenditures can be accrued or funds spent. 
Please refer to:

• Public Health's website for understanding the IRB process (new window will open)
• Office of the Human Research Protection Program Forms and Guidelines (new window will open)
• Human Subject Web-Based Training Program (new window will open)

Archive of past GRG winners