{"id":2288,"date":"2025-07-23T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/?page_id=2288"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:14:38","slug":"rss-masters-thesis-research-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/about-us\/awards\/rss-masters-thesis-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"RSS Master\u2019s Thesis Research Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Master\u2019s Thesis Research Award <\/span>\n\n \n \n Support graduate student research in rural sociology <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Award Overview<\/h3>
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Supports graduate student research in rural sociology for master\u2019s thesis projects.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Eligibility<\/h3>
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  • RSS graduate student members<\/li>\n
  • Research on any topic encompassed by the field of\u00a0<\/span>rural<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sociology<\/li>\n
  • Society-wide, but interest groups are encouraged to nominate candidates<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Requirements<\/h3>
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    • Cover letter explaining how the research will influence the applicant\u2019s future work related to\u00a0<\/span>rural<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sociology<\/li>\n
    • Proposal (\u226410 pages) with budget and justification – 12-point font and 1\u201d margins to include:\n
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      • well-defined problem statement<\/li>\n
      • abbreviated literature review<\/li>\n
      • section detailing research methods\u00a0<\/li>\n
      • work-plan schedule<\/li>\n
      • \u00a0itemized budget for the planned work<\/li>\n
      • \u00a0brief budget justification narrative that meets the following guidelines\n
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        • equipment purchases are not permitted with endowment funds<\/li>\n
        • RSS will not pay overhead charges to the host institution of the recipient<\/li>\n
        • proposals may seek additional funding from other sources – the budget narrative must describe exactly which parts of the project would be supported by additional funds and which parts would be supported by RSS funds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • CV<\/li>\n
        • Faculty letter of support that addresses the project’s intellectual significance and the likelihood the thesis work will be actively pursued during the academic year in which the award is made<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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          Award<\/h3>
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          • Award Recognition and Certificate<\/li>\n
          • Up to $2,000 in Award Funds<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Master\u2019s Thesis Research AwardSupport graduate student research in rural sociology Award Overview Supports graduate student research in rural sociology for master\u2019s thesis projects. Submit Nomination Eligibility RSS graduate student members Research on any topic encompassed by the field of\u00a0rural\u00a0sociology Society-wide, but interest groups are encouraged to nominate candidates Requirements Cover letter explaining how the research will influence the applicant\u2019s future work related to\u00a0rural\u00a0sociology Proposal (\u226410 pages) with budget and justification – 12-point font and 1\u201d margins to include: well-defined problem statement abbreviated literature review section detailing research methods\u00a0 work-plan schedule \u00a0itemized budget for the planned work \u00a0brief budget justification narrative that meets the following guidelines equipment purchases are not permitted with endowment funds RSS will not pay overhead charges to the host institution of the recipient proposals may seek additional funding from other sources – the budget narrative must describe exactly which parts of the project would be supported by additional funds and which parts would be supported by RSS funds CV Faculty letter of support that addresses the project’s intellectual significance and the likelihood the thesis work will be actively pursued during the academic year in which the award is made Award Award Recognition and Certificate Up to $2,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":677,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5252,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2288\/revisions\/5252"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}