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Working Groups: Application Information
Application Deadlines
Application deadline for 2024-25 Working Groups: May 1, 2024 (5:00 p.m.)
Eligibility
- At least one director must be a UI faculty member (on any track) or a P&S staff member whose position focuses on research. Please note: Working Group (co-)directors may (co-)direct only one Obermann Working Group per year.
- Upper-level graduate students may serve as co-directors and participants.
- Current Working Groups may reapply; applications should indicate that yours would be a continuing group.
- Note: Obermann Working Groups have included graduate students, staff members, community members, and even, in some cases, long distance members who join via the internet. We welcome directors of the Working Groups to use this program to create space for inter-sectoral as well as interdisciplinary conversations.
Application Materials & Submission Guidelines
- This cover sheet (fillable PDF). If you have trouble downloading the cover sheet, please e-mail obermann-center@uiowa.edu.
- Description of your topic that concisely explains its significance and your desired objectives as a group.
- CV for the director or co-directors of no more than two pages each.
- List of at least six probable participants.
For existing Working Groups who want to reapply:
If you are interested in reapplying, please email obermann-center@uiowa.edu the following information by May 1, 2024:
- State that you would like to reapply for the 2024-25 academic year.
- Answers to the following questions:
- What were your group's goals for this past year?
- Did your group accomplish what it set out to do?
- How is association with the Obermann Center important to your group's work?
- A list of the activities your group conducted during the previous academic year.
- A summary of what you hope to accomplish next year (if you already have ideas for next year).
- A list of the regular members that attend your working group meetings (names and departments).
- If you have a new co-director, please include their 2-page CV.