Duke University’s culture of interdisciplinary collaboration attracts exceptional faculty and students, adds a critical dimension to teaching and promotes study at the frontiers of research.
Learn moreToday’s challenges demand new forms of expertise. Duke’s approach gives students opportunities to explore issues across disciplines, departments and methods.
Interdisciplinary research at Duke takes many forms and can range from a single scholar to a broad team of investigators expanding the frontiers of knowledge.
The interdisciplinary experience at Duke goes beyond the classroom and laboratory as faculty and students work to put knowledge in the service of society.
Deadline: October 17, 2016 Opportunity: Faculty who are interested in convening a group of colleagues to begin or test a new collaboration around a shared intellectual interest will be able to request funds provided by the Provost and the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, $1,000-$5,000 per group, for use during the 2017 calendar year. Eligibility: […]
Travis Knoll, a Ph.D. student in History at Duke, received a Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grant to serve as an intern at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia this summer. He focused on issues ranging from Brazil’s internal political scene to the key role the country’s foreign policy plays in the region and beyond. Now back […]
Deadline: November 4, 2016 Bass Connections provides up to $25,000 for team-based projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students together and integrate disciplinary approaches around societal questions and challenges. All Duke faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals by November 4, 2016. Please see the RFP/proposal application for details. A University-Wide Initiative […]
The Bass Connections Student Advisory Council is accepting applications through September 16. All Duke graduate and undergraduate students are eligible for this leadership opportunity. Prior participation in Bass Connections is not a requirement of membership, and freshmen and new graduate students are encouraged to apply. However, prospective members should demonstrate interest in developing collaborative solutions […]
Alisha Hines is a Ph.D. candidate in History and African and African American Studies at Duke. Last spring she received a Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grant to attend a summer workshop on the history of capitalism; her aim was to learn about technical content areas such as statistics, accounting and economic theory in order to […]
Deadline: November 20, 2016 Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience for Duke undergraduates and master’s students interested in exploring new data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges. Students join small teams and work alongside other teams in a communal environment. They learn how to marshal, analyze and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field […]
Deadline: September 13, 2016 About SLAP Lab SLAP Lab (Science, Law & Policy Lab) is a vertically-integrated, interdisciplinary laboratory directed by Dr. Nita Farahany (Professor of Law & Philosophy, Director of Duke Initiative for Science & Society). SLAP Lab is designed to bring science to bear on questions of law and policy. Faculty, postdocs, graduate […]
Michael H. Merson, founding director of the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), will step down on June 30, 2017. Merson was named director in 2006, and over the past decade the institute has grown to be one of the top education and research institutions of its kind. In a message to colleagues, Merson wrote, “The […]