Description:
Under the auspices of Global Oregon, the Oregon Center for Translation Studies invites applications from UO graduate and undergraduate students for awards that will support an internationally oriented project in Translation Studies. Two or more awards of $500-$1000 each will be made to UO graduate students; two or more awards of $500 each will be made to UO undergraduate students.
Graduate Translation Award:
The project may involve work on a translation project or on an aspect of translation theory or criticism, or a combination. Possibilities include preparation or completion of a translation of one or more short stories or a series of poems; work on an article or dissertation chapter focused on a problem in translation theory; a comparison of multiple translations or approaches to the translation of a given literary, philosophical, or other work displaying complex issues embedded in language; or research-related travel for work on an appropriate project.
Undergraduate Research Award:
The project may involve the completion of a translation of one or more short stories, a section of a novel, a dramatic work, or a series of poems.
Eligibility:
Regularly enrolled UO students.
Each application must include the following:
- A completed application (applications are currently closed).
- A 2-page narrative proposal, uploaded to the online form.
- A current CV, uploaded to the online form (graduate students only).
- Approval from faculty supervisor (question included in form linked above).
Deadlines:
Applications are reviewed once per quarter. They are due at midnight on Wednesday of week 6 of each term (Nov 5, Feb 11, May 6).
Please note that this award is only for students who plan to travel and use the awarded money while still enrolled as a UO student. Graduating seniors who will be traveling following graduation are not eligible.
Apply for Global Oregon Translation Studies Award
Questions:
Please contact gsi@uoregon.edu