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Student Research Affiliates

The nurturing and development of effective young professionals who will advance the field of population studies as they become teachers or researchers in academic or applied settings constitutes a high priority for the Maryland Population Research Center. To that end, the Center provides services to support graduate students engaged in population research.

Kinds of Affiliation

Students can be affiliated with MPRC in one of two ways :

  1. As a Student Research Affiliate
  2. As a Sponsoring Student Research Affiliate

All Student Affiliates must meet the following criteria :

  • An actively enrolled graduate student engaged in research related to population studies and demography
  • Working with a current MPRC Faculty Associate who will write a letter recommending the student for affiliation

In the event that the student's advisor ceases to be a Faculty Associate of MPRC, the student must identify and arrange to work under the direction of another faculty member who is a current Faculty Associate.

Services

Student Research Affiliates receive a variety of support from the Center, including but not limited to :

  • Access to the MPRC computing lab equipped with SAS, STATA, ArcGIS and other software
  • A limited number of work spaces in the graduate office
  • Support for participation in the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in the form of financial grants to defray travel expenses, poster preparation, and other costs
  • Interactive seminars each semester focused on methodology and challenges to effective population research

Sponsoring Student Research Affiliates support the Center's mission through a monetary contribution of $50 or more per year. All funds collected from sponsorship contributions are used to further the Center's goals for developing young, professional researchers. Sponsoring Student Research Affiliates receive the same benefits as listed above, plus :

  • Technical support for the installation of specialized statistical software on a computer of their choice for their own use
  • One current copy of STATA and SAS for use on this computer through an MPRC license¹

¹Subject to terms of MPRC license agreement.

Duration

Student Affiliation runs from 1 September to 31 August of each year, in tandem with the academic year. An existing affiliation will be continued through the following year as long as the student continues to meet the requirements for affiliation. Applications for affiliation will be accepted through November 30, after which date affiliations for the year will be considered to be closed. Faculty Associates are entitled to petition the Director for an exception to this rule on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions will be made solely at the discretion of the Director.

Application Form

You can apply online ! Just use our handy application form.

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For more information about becoming a student affilate, please contact Tiffany Pittman.

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