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Internships
Internships are semester-long, supervised placements in a variety of settings, usually local agencies or businesses, where students learn and apply practical skills while contributing to the agency’s ongoing efforts.
Funding, awards & scholarships
Awards and scholarships are available for undergraduates, grad students, individual courses, outstanding students, travel, and special projects
CAS Connects GRADUATE Mentors
Graduate students can use these connections to complement their current mentorship in areas that may not be represented in their current mentors, talk with folks outside of their department, or connect about other issues of professional development.
Feminist Journals & Academic Resources
Feminist Journals & Academic Resources
Funding, Awards, & Scholarships
WGSS Care Award
The WGSS program recognizes how care-work, in all of its seen and unseen, valued and devalued forms, is a common feature of our students’ daily lives. Whether it manifests as volunteering as an after-school tutor, registering marginalized voters, engaging in social justice organizing, or caring for loved ones, caring is important and often unpaid. The WGSS program, in the interest of social justice and mutual aid, will present a monetary award to selected applicant/s (a current WGSS undergraduate major or minor) each academic year. As a gesture, we hope it conveys our feminist understanding that the concept of “working student” is more complicated and involved than the institution itself often understands and rewards.
Graduate Assistantships
WGSS has a limited number of assistantships for MA students; they pay a stipend and come with an in-state tuition waiver. Duties of graduate assistants may include support of teaching, research, or co-curricular programming. GAs may not work more than 20 hours per week at all employment.
Other Graduate Assistantships are frequently available. WGSS students sometimes find assistantships in these areas who don’t have their own graduate programs:
- The Office of Intercultural Engagement
- Sexual Violence Campus Advocacy
- The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships
- The Center for New North Carolinians
You can also search for other assistantships through Career Services.
Scholarships
- Thanks to Sally and Alan Cone, WGS offers several scholarships and awards for graduate and undergraduate WGSS majors and students doing outstanding work in WGSS. See the deadlines and criteria and apply individually.
- The Graduate school offers several scholarships and fellowships; the program must nominate you for these. Some of them are need-based, so be sure to complete your FAFSA!
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Students are not eligible for financial aid or assistantships, but they can compete for the Sally and Alan Cone Course Award.
The Sally and Alan Cone Awards and Scholarships for Students
All potential applicants should read this important Accounting and Financial information about Cone Awards for students.
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award” and the title of the award for which you are applying in the subject line.
Eligibility: Currently enrolled undergraduates; declared Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major; completion of WGS 250; GPA of at least 3.0
Each year, one $1,500 scholarship is available to an undergraduate WGSS major. Selection will be made on the basis of need, academic standing, and commitment to WGSS.
The application should include:
- an essay of no more than 500 words that states, clearly and compellingly, the applicant’s goals as a WGSS major and the place of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies in the applicant’s development. You may also wish to describe your financial need, life/work experience, and intellectual curiosity or motivation. You may provide any additional information you would like the scholarship committee to know.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty member.
- a completed application.
Applications are due April 15th for the following fall.
Undergraduate Major Application
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Undergrad Major” in the subject line.
Eligibility: Rising 2nd-year M.A. student in WGSS; completion of WGS 650; GPA of at least 3.0
View application as a Word document
Each year, one $1500 scholarship is available to a rising second-year M.A. student in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Selection will be made on the basis of academic standing and the clarity of the link between the student’s academic program and career goals.
The application should include:
- a copy of the student’s graduate transcript
- a letter of no more than 1200 words that clearly explains the links between the student’s focus and plan of study in the Master’s program and her or his career goals. You may also wish to discuss your financial need, life/work experience, and intellectual curiosity or motivation.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty member.
- a completed application.
Applications are due April 15th for the following fall.
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Grad Major” in the subject line.
Eligibility: Undergraduate or Graduate status; interest in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Each semester, up to three $450 scholarships will be available for undergraduate or graduate students seeking to enroll in a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies course. The applicant must be currently enrolled or have been admitted as an undergraduate or graduate student. Selection will be made on the basis of financial need, life and work experience, community service and/or leadership. The application must include an essay of no more than 500 words that addresses the selection criteria above and states, clearly and compellingly, the applicant’s interest in women’s and gender studies and how the course supports her/his goals.
Applications are due by April 15th for the fall and summer semesters and November 15th for the spring semester.
Course Scholarship Application
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Course Scholarship” in the subject line.
Eligibility: Undergraduate or Graduate status; Completed project in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The WGSS Program will present a cash scholarship annually of at least $200 to at least one undergraduate and one graduate student whose projects are judged to make the most significant contribution to the field of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.
Submissions must include:
- any creative and/or intellectual contribution that meaningfully addresses women’s studies, feminism, or gender studies is eligible, including, but not limited to, an academic paper of any length, creative project, performance, program, or work of art.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty member.
- a cover sheet that includes the student’s address, phone number, and email address.
Committee members will evaluate each project based upon its relevance to women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and the quality, coherence, and significance of the project.
Project descriptions and supporting documents (papers, slides, recordings, programs, etc) must be submitted by April 15th for the fall and summer semesters and November 15th for the spring semester.
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Scholarship – Outstanding Work” in the subject line and use the Cone-OutstandingAwardCoverSheet
Each year, grants of up to $500 will be awarded to UNCG students to support projects in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies that may require a limited amount of special funding. Possible uses for the grants include, but are not limited to, travel for research or artistic purposes (undergraduates may apply to travel to present at conferences, graduate students should apply for the travel award below if presenting at a conference), conference attendance (not presenting), research/creative project support in the form of supplies, photocopying, payment for laboratory participants or other expenses, or support of a community service project or internship. Preference will be given to those students who have not received the award previously. Students may not receive more than one special projects grant per year. Applications may not be made for reimbursement of expenditures from the past unless the applicant is in a process where expenses related to the project need to be prepaid. Requests for travel must be made prior to the trip.
Applications by Undergraduate Students must include:
- the completed application form
- a budget delineating the planned use of the requested funds (can include travel)
- an essay or letter of one-to-two pages in length explaining the significance of the project for women’s studies, feminism, or gender studies; send any appropriate research paper(s) written that may help explain the project, if applicable
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty member.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty advisor for the project.
- if the application is to fund a conference presentation, submit the paper accepted for presentation and appropriate conference information; if the application is to fund conference attendance, specify in a short narrative how attendance supports the project you are working on
Materials should be submitted between August 15 and April 15 for a decision within a month, not counting times the university is closed for extended periods, such as Fall, Winter, and Spring Breaks.
Undergraduate Special Projects Application
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Special Projects” in the subject line.
Applications by Graduate Students must include:
- the completed application form
- a budget delineating the planned use of the requested funds (should not include travel to present at a conference – for that purpose apply for the travel grant below)
- an essay or letter explaining the significance of the project for women’s studies, feminism, or gender studies; send any appropriate research paper(s) written that may help explain the project, if applicable, including an explanation of methodology or project development process. Include a brief bibliography or list of performances/exhibits where relevant.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty member.
- a signature of support from a UNCG faculty advisor for the project.
- if the application is to fund conference attendance, specify in a short narrative how attendance supports the project you are working on. Graduate students may receive up to two conference travel awards during the course of her or his program at UNCG. Those students who are accepted to present at a conference must apply for funding from the Graduate Conference Presentation Fund rather than this grant fund.
Materials should be submitted between August 15 and April 15 for a decision within a month, not counting times the university is closed for extended periods, such as Fall, Winter, and Spring Breaks.
Graduate Special Projects Application
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Special Projects” in the subject line.
Eligibility: MA student in WGSS; simultaneous application for GSA travel funds; acceptance for presentation at a conference
Each year an award of up to $350 will be available to offset travel costs for a WGSS graduate student who is presenting papers or creative work at an academic conference. Students may not receive more than one award per year, and they may not receive more than two awards during their tenure in the graduate program. Only students who have already been accepted for a conference should apply, but they should apply before traveling. (If a graduate student is attending a conference, but not presenting, he or she should apply to the Special Projects Grant if seeking to secure travel support.) Applications should include an abstract of the presentation, up to one page in length, that clearly explains the argument of the paper or nature of the creative work and its relevance to the critical conversations in the field of WGSS. Applicants should also include a brief description of the conference (copies of the conference call for papers and/or the website homepage describing the conference are acceptable) and a budget clearly outlining how funds will be spent and the total amount requested. Finally, while it is not necessary to have secured GSA funds in order to be awarded a Cone grant, it is necessary to seek these GSA funds in addition to Cone funds. GSA will email you a confirmation email once you apply for their funds. Please submit a copy of that email with your Cone application.
Materials should be submitted between August 15 and April 15 for a decision within a month, not counting the times the university is closed for extended periods, such as Fall, Winter, and Spring Breaks.
Graduate Student Travel Application
All applications should be turned in as e-mail attachments to [email protected]. Please include “Cone Award – Travel Grant” in the subject line.
2022-2023
Major Scholarship
Undergraduate, Claudia Stakoe
Course Scholarship
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Kira Borum
Clara Kennedy
2021-2022
Major Scholarship
Graduate, Kemissa Kassa
Undergraduate, Joshua Schorr
Course Scholarship
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Emily Lousie Martin
Stephanie Salazar Villa