Koret Foundation awards $72,000 to Social Sciences Research Projects

October 19, 2020
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Nine faculty members from departments across the School of Social Sciences have, together, been awarded $72,000 in Koret Scholars Awards to support research with 36 Sonoma State undergraduate students. Each Koret Scholars Award, made possible through a generous grant from the Koret Foundation, provides funding for one faculty mentor to work with four undergraduate students, with priority given to projects that demonstrate diversity in the research workforce through the inclusion of students from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in higher education (i.e. first-generation college students, low-income students, or underrepresented minority students). As is fitting of the school's socially conscious and socially active faculty and students, many of this year's award-winning projects focus on social justice issues. Way to go!

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