The Laura Good Undergraduate Research Grant

The Laura Good Undergraduate Research Grant provides undergraduate students majoring 在人类学 or Behavioral 科学 the opportunity to fund research projects under the supervision of a faculty member. Up to $1000 of support is available per grant, with students being eligible to apply to multiple grants.

This grant is made possible through the generosity of Laura Good, an 菠菜网lol正规平台 alumna who 收到她的M.S. in Computer Information Systems in 1980. Ms. Good's gift honors her aunt, the late Laura Thompson (1905-2000), an anthropologist who received her Ph.D. from the Univesity of California, Berkeley in 1933.

Laura Thompson had a long and prolific career and conducted ethnographic research in many regions, including Fiji, Germany, Canada, Iceland and Native American communities. She is perhaps best known for her work among the Chamorro people of Guam. 的菠菜网lol正规平台 Department of Anthropology is proud to honor her memory.

Application Process

Laura Good Undergraduate Research Grant Application [pdf]

Please submit the above application via email to anthropology@shopcadeau.net

Recipients of the Laura Good Undergraduate Research Grant

  • Chris Keith (2012)
  • Chelsea Halliwell (2013)
  • Lillian Luu (2013)
  • Cecilia Macedo (2013)
  • Jocelyn Langarica (2014)
  • Joseph Carpio (2015)
  • Jillian Ferini (2015)
  • Elaine Foster (2015)
  • Marissa Massaro (2015)
  • Kirk Phillips (2015)
  • Jacqueline Porcello (2015)
  • Aaron Van Valen (2015)
  • Brieann DeOrnellas (2016)
  • Arianna Heathcote (2016)
  • Denise Frazier (2017)
  • Erik Savage (2017)
  • Madeline Dickson (2018)
  • Nancy Diaz (2018)
  • 乔迪·陈(2018)
  • Maranyeli Estrada (2018)
  • Gabbie Fall (2019)
  • Kiyoshi Ito (2019)
  • Brandon Alvarado (2019)
  • Nicole Angulo (2019)
  • Quentin McNeely (2021)
  • Jasper Vera (2021)
  • Tam Nguyen (2021)
  • Mitchell Tran (2022)
  • Lizette Gonzalez (2022)
  • Christoper Mukai (2022)