The deadline for receipt of applications is February 16, 2001. Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of applying. Additionally, transportation to and from the Institute, meals, housing and course credit are provided by the Duke University with a major grant from the National Science Foundation and additional support from APSA and Duke. Students who have participated in this program over the past ten years have reported improvement in their analytical, writing, and quantitative skills. The academic environment is challenging, yet supportive.
Students learn what is necessary to be successful in a graduate program and as a scholar.
Most students who attend the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute excel in their senior year and go on to graduate school, many with full graduate fellowships and teaching assistantships. A number of Institute participants have gone on to receive their Masters or Ph.D. degrees, and three have already been named assistant professors at the university level. To download an application for the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute as a PDF file, click here . In order to read and print the file, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded here for free.