Call for Applications SIMA 2019

Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology

The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting applications for its 2019 program in Washington, DC. SIMA is a graduate student training program in museum research methods offered through the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s  National Museum of Natural History. Students participate in seminars and hands-on workshops at the museum and at an off-site collections facility, learning to navigate museum systems and select methods for examination and analysis of museum specimens while  collecting data for a project of their choice.

 

WHO: Graduate students interested in using museum collections as data.

DATES: Applications due MARCH 1, 2019. SIMA 2019 will be June 17 – July 12.

 

COST: The program covers tuition and shared apartment housing.

A stipend of $1500 will be provided to assist with the cost of food and other local expenses. Participants are individually responsible for travel costs.

 

ELIGIBILITY: Students studying anthropology or related interdisciplinary programs at the M.A. and doctoral levels are considered for acceptance. All U.S. graduate students are eligible for acceptance, even if studying abroad. International students can be considered  if they are enrolled in a U.S. university.  NOTE: Canadian First Nation members are eligible under treaty agreements.

For more information and to apply, please visit  https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/programs/summer-institute-museum-anthropology

 

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