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Summer Research Grants

Kroc undergraduate Emily Beaudoin in Ghana, 2016.

Notre Dame undergraduates in any major are invited to apply for funding to conduct independent research this summer!

The Kellogg/Kroc Undergraduate Research Grant is intended for juniors who are developing a project related to the research agenda of either the Kellogg Institute (human development and democracy) or the Kroc Institute (international peace and justice).

Multiple grants of up to $6,000 are awarded each year. Full details and application instructions are available on the Kellogg Institute website.

The deadline for 2025 applications is Monday, March 3.

Students with questions should contact Holly Rivers, Associate Director at the Kellogg Institute, at hrivers@nd.edu or 574-631-6023.

Recent Peace Studies Recipients

2023

Eva Garces-Foley (anthropology/peace studies) - "Conservation Relationships: Evaluating Formations and Perceptions of Trust between Native Communities and External Conservation Organizations in the Awajún Indigenous Communities of Alto Mayo, Peru"

2018

Adrian Lore (anthropology/peace studies) - "Examining the Confluence of Place-Making and Claims-Making among the Palenquero in Post-Conflict Colombia"

2017

Claudia Serrano (economics/sociology/peace studies) - "Reactions of the Working Sector to the Colombian Peace Treaty"

Francesco Tassi (international economics/peace studies) - "Understanding Integration: A Study of Local Dynamics, Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Southern Europe"

2016

Emily Beaudoin (gender studies/peace studies) - "Discourses on Women's Empowerment in Cape Coast, Ghana" (Ghana)

2015

Shannon Bugos (English/peace studies) - "The Imagined ‘Fifth Province’ in Northern Ireland’s Field Day Theatre Productions" (Northern Ireland)

Flor Flores (political science/peace studies) - "Effectiveness of Orphanages in Peru" (Peru)

2014

Douglas Barnard (theology/peace studies) - "Effects of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal on Ugandans' Commitment to Social Development" (Uganda)

Ethan Englert (science business/peace studies) "The Social and Psychological Risks Posed to Health Workers When Responding to Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks in Uganda" (Uganda)

Megan Fuerst (science preprofessional studies/peace studies) - "Defining Motherhood: Barriers and Motivations to Prenatal Care in Rural Uganda" (Uganda)

2013

Margeaux Prinster (anthropology/peace studies) - "Traditional Knowledge is Power: An Exploration of Women’s Empowerment Through Vocational Training in Rajasthan’s Handicraft Sector" (India)

2009

Jenna Knapp (anthropology/peace studies) - "Will These Wounds Ever Heal? Trauma and Healing in the Lives of Salvadoran Street Children" (El Salvador)

Ayslinn Tice (anthropology/peace studies) - "Education in Lesotho: School, Gender Roles, and Sexual Negotiation" (South Africa)

2008

Michelle Byrne (science-business/peace studies) - "The Source of Water System Development: Bridging the Gap Between Problems and Solutions Regarding Water Issues in Nindye, Uganda" (Uganda)

Maureen Howard (political science/peace studies) - "A Child's Right to Education: Uganda's Response, 1997-2008" (Uganda)

2007

Gary Barnabo (economics/political science/peace studies) - "European Approaches to Counterterrorism"

2006

Angela Lederach (anthropology/peace studies) - "Women and the Reintegration of Child Soldiers in West Africa"

Colleen Mallahan (economics/peace studies) - "Challenges to Building Democracy in Uganda"

2005

Lisa Reijulah (political science/peace studies) - "Creating Common Ground: The Struggle for Tolerance and Inclusion of Minority Speakers, A Study of the Finnish and Estonian Experiences"

2000

Molly Kinder (government/peace studies) - "Public Policies for Social Justice: Can Chile's New Democracy Deliver the 'Economic Miracle' Concurrently with Social Justice and Equity?"

1999

Mark Massoud (sociology/peace studies) - "Constitution Human Rights in an Emerging Democracy: Social Justice After Apartheid"

1997

Molly Gavin (government/peace studies) - "Women's Movements and Class in the Dominican Republic"