| A lot of the humanities summer research is some really out of the box stuff. In addition to the "library grants," I know of a history major who got funding to spend the summer in a rural town and compile an oral history of the village based on local folklore, and interactions with members of the community who had been there for generations.
Another student I know used his study abroad experience to do research in Nepal, looking at the emerging and evolving film industry in the Kathmandu Valley. He gained fluency in the language, forayed this experience into a Fulbright, and is back there now (after graduation) assessing the impact of the growth of the film industry on traditional Nepali culture, values and morals. |