MSU PLS students, faculty awared PURI grants

November 11, 2024 - Emily Jodway

Several MSU PLS students have been given Provost's Undergraduate Research Initiative (PURI) Awards to support their work with faculty.

Partnered with the Office of the Provost, the College of Social Science awards funding to exceptional undergraduate students to support their research endeavors and gives them an opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors on their scholarly projects as well. These students typically work one-on-one with a faculty member or as members of a research team including both faculty and graduate students. Many have gone on to deliver conference papers, share authorship of published articles, or present work at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) based on the research they have conducted as part of this program. 

This year, 37 students across nine disciplines were awarded funding for a range of projects. Among them are:

• Race and the Politics of Executive Appointments (Tomas Feldmann Tonelli, Alexander Hubbs and Ian Ostrander, Political Science)
• Filling the Bench: The Politics of Judicial Vacancies (Meera Kanade and Ian Ostrander, Political Science)
• Racial Affinity and Racial Resentment in the Presidential Election of November 2024 (Nel Robinson, PLS and John Waller)