Request for Proposals: 2017-2018 Bass Connections Projects

Bass Connections provides up to $25,000 for team-based projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students together and integrate disciplinary approaches around societal questions and challenges. All Duke faculty, graduate/professional students, post-docs and trainees/fellows are invited to submit proposals by November 4, 2016. View the RFP/proposal application for details.

A university-wide initiative

• Predicated on collaborative and interdisciplinary inquiry, Bass Connections provides a distinctive new model for education that engages students in the exploration of big, unanswered questions about major societal challenges.
• Project teams are made up of faculty, graduate and professional students, undergraduates and post-docs; many teams also engage community partners or collaborators outside of Duke.
• Most project teams last for one year; some have a summer component.

5 themes for interdisciplinary research

• Brain & Society
• Information, Society & Culture
• Global Health
• Education & Human Development
• Energy

Timing

• Proposals will be accepted through November 4, 2016.
• Selections will be made by December 9, 2016.
• Projects selected may begin as early as Summer 2017 and must begin in the 2017-2018 academic year.

Questions?

Contact Hallie Knuffman at (919) 613-9921. You can also review frequently asked questions.