The Center for Italian Studies at Penn announces competition for a prize in Italian Studies to be conducted in conjunction with one of the university's authorized programs for study (either Penn-in-Florence Summer Program or during the academic year) in Italy.
The sum is $1,000. Since the prize is stipulated for research expenses in Italy, it should not interfere with any other sources of financial aid received by a student. Applicants should have a project in any field of Italian Studies agreed upon with a faculty advisor at Penn. The expectation is that the Penn advisor will oversee the project as an independent study taken for credit after the student returns to Penn and that a secondary advisor connected with the particular program in Italy will advise on its ongoing conduct. The research should eventuate in a monograph that will be disseminated to the Internet through the home page of the Center for Italian Studies.
Applications should take the form of a detailed project proposal accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the faculty advisor and be submitted in the form of a MS-Word document to:
Dr. Fabio Finotti
Director, Center for Italian Studies
italians@sas.upenn.edu
Queries to clarify the suitability of any particular project can be made to the Center for Italian Studies:
italians@sas.upenn.edu
The deadline for Summer submissions is April 11, 2008.
The deadline for Fall and Spring submissions is August 31, 2008.
