We are excited to again offer the January Research Opportunity Program (JROP) – a competitive grant program for undergraduate students for exploratory research or artistic activity on social inequality undertaken during J-term 2026.
Any student majoring in the College of Liberal Arts may apply for a JROP award for work undertaken at a site of their choice during J-term (in Durham or at some other geographical location). Students must be in good academic standing (expected minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 at the end of the Fall 2025 semester) to apply. Funded students will be paid an award of $850. Past recipients of JROP awards will not be eligible for consideration.
How to Apply
To apply, please email paul.robertson@unh.edu a 2-page outline of the intended activity (exploratory research or artistic activity); your motivation for embarking on the intended project; its thematic relevance to social inequality; how you anticipate spending your time doing the research (approx. how many hours a week you anticipate over the J-term [four weeks]); and the location(s) where the work will be done. All proposals will be reviewed by the NHHC team, and up to 10 students will be funded for J-term 2026.
We welcome proposals working with a specific faculty mentor in COLA. If you don’t have a specific faculty member in mind, please submit your proposal and, if awarded a JROP stipend, we will pair you with an appropriate faculty mentor!
Deadline
Submissions due by: November 7, 2025
New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative
