UW Social Sciences Data Science Summer Institute: Call for Faulty Proposals, Graduate RAs and Undergraduate Fellows (03/13/2026)
Posted: 3/5/2026 (Employment)
The Interdisciplinary Minor in Data Science at UW (https://dataminor.uw.edu/) is organizing its first annual “Social Sciences Data Science Summer Institute,” which pairs undergraduate and graduate students with UW faculty or staff who are engaged in social science data science research during term A of Summer 2026 (June 22–July 22, 2026). Applications are due from Faculty/Staff, Graduate, and Undergraduate students by March 13, 2026, 11:59 pm PST.
The topic of the research projects will be determined by the faculty/staff supervisor for the research group. Projects will answer a clearly defined research question drawn from social science scholarship, involve data-intensive analysis, inclusion of Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence methods for data analysis, use an open source programming language, and include key findings that can be communicated through a combination of data visualization and narrative text.
Faculty/staff will be expected to manage and direct their team for a minimum of 5-10 hours per week. Graduate student research assistants will be expected to manage their teams, communicate with their faculty mentor, and contribute to the project for a minimum of 15-20 hours per week. Undergraduate student research fellows will be expected to work for a minimum of 20 hours per week under the direction of their faculty/staff mentor and graduate student research assistant.
Deadline: 03/13/2026
Location: University of Washington