The University of Delaware’s new Statistical Teaching and Analytic Research Training (START) initiative is seeking applications from full-time graduate students to participate in a 2017 summer workshop in Mexico City.

The workshop will take place at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, from June 24 to July 2.

The Mexico City location supports a collaborative partnership between UD and CIDE focused on collaborative learning, scholarship and student mentoring and engagement. The START program aims to provide a unique global experience, bridge societal divides and promote global citizenry and diversity.

The START initiative will cover all travel and lodging expenses and provide a small stipend to all participants.

The summer workshop will:

• Promote intellectual and social diversity, global learning and scholarly collaboration;

• Emphasize scholarly, data-driven exploration of pressing social and behavioral issues;

• Offer applied instruction in project-directed data management and statistical analyses; and

• Foster faculty and peer mentoring that encourages academic confidence and success.

During the workshop, UD graduate students will work together with CIDE graduate students on an applied research project, attend presentations by faculty and other researchers, meet one-on-one with faculty mentors and participate in a range of social activities in Mexico City and the surrounding areas.

Eligibility criteria and application process

Eligible graduate students must be enrolled full time, have successfully completed at least one graduate research methods and/or statistics course at UD, be able to travel internationally and have an expressed interest in using data and statistics to study social and behavioral issues.

Preference will be given to students within the first few years of their program, with limited experiences abroad, and/or in need of additional mentoring in the use of data and statistics. Students from historically underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply, fill out the online application, including a single PDF document containing a cover letter discussing how you would benefit from participation in the START workshop, a recent CV and an unofficial transcript.

In addition, applications must include a letter of support from a faculty mentor. Mentors should email their letters directly to Cheri Jones at cqjones@udel.edu. The deadline for submitting complete applications is Jan. 15, 2017, and the program hopes to notify all participants within a week of that deadline.

To access the online application, go to this website.

For questions about START, email the director of learning, Agnes Ly, at aly@udel.edu.