Working Groups: Application Information
Application Deadline
Application deadline for 2025–26 Working Groups: April 9, 2025 (5:00 p.m.). This deadline applies to new applicants as well as directors of continuing groups.
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. Working Groups may not have more than two co-directors.
- Upper-level graduate students may serve as co-directors and participants.
- 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 Process
The application for both new and continuing groups is now on InfoReady. You'll need to login with your HawkID and password.
The application will ask you for the following:
- 1–2 directors' contact information (name, position, department/organization, office mailing address, and e-mail address)
- CV for the director or co-directors
- Proposed name of the Working Group
- Description of your topic that concisely explains its significance
- A three-year timeline for the Working Group that includes each year's objectives and proposed activities
- The names of at least six probable participants, along with their positions and departments/organizations