Scroll down for details about the Social Science and Humanities Data Science Summer Institutes.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Social Sciences Data Science Summer Institute.
Due date March 13
The Interdisciplinary Minor in Data Science at UW 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).
We are inviting applications from UW undergraduate students who are keen to learn social science data science in a project-based, small group experience. Students will work in small teams (ideally 2-4 students) under faculty/staff supervision and with direct assistance from a graduate student mentor. Students will participate in hands-on training workshops to acquire technical skills in working with social science data, and they will also work in a group and independently to complete the research objectives determined by their faculty/staff project leader.
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. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to a group-authored poster presentation at the UW undergraduate research symposium in the following Spring.
Undergraduate students will be expected to work for a minimum of 20 hours per week during term A of Summer 2026. Additionally, they will be expected to conduct the majority of this work onsite, in-person, and during regular business hours.
Successful undergraduate student applicants will receive a $2000 fellowship. Students will also register for independent study credits, which will count towards the Data Science Minor. Priority will be given to students who have declared, or plan to declare, the Data Science Minor.
Please submit the following via this form by March 13, 2026:
One page summary of your interests, skills, activities, accomplishments, and future plans relevant to social science data science, e.g. coursework completed in the Minor or other relevant classes, workshops attended, future plans for taking courses in the Data Science Minor, etc.
Current CV
Name and email address of one faculty with whom you have recently taken a class that we can request a letter of recommendation from
Call for applications: Humanities Data Science Summer Institute
Due date March 3
The Interdisciplinary Minor in Data Science at UW is organizing its fourth annual Humanities Data Science Summer Institute, which pairs undergraduate and graduate students with UW faculty or staff who are engaged in humanities data science research during term A of Summer 2026 (June 22–July 22, 2026).
We are inviting applications from UW undergraduate students who are keen to learn humanities data science in a project-based, small group experience. Students will work in small teams (ideally 2-4 students) under faculty/staff supervision and with direct assistance from a graduate student mentor. Students will participate in hands-on training workshops to acquire technical skills in working with humanities data, and they will also work in a group and independently to complete the research objectives determined by their faculty/staff project leader.
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 humanities scholarship, involve data-intensive analysis, use an open source programming language, and include key findings that can be communicated through a combination of data visualization and narrative text. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to a group-authored poster presentation at the UW undergraduate research symposium in the following Spring.
Undergraduate students will be expected to work for a minimum of 20 hours per week during term A of Summer 2026. Additionally, they will be expected to conduct the majority of this work onsite, in-person, and during regular business hours.
Successful undergraduate student applicants will receive a $2000 fellowship. Students will also register for independent study credits, which will count towards the Data Science Minor. Priority will be given to students who have declared, or plan to declare, the Data Science Minor.
Please submit the following via this form by March 3, 2026:
- One page summary of your interests, skills, activities, accomplishments, and future plans relevant to humanities data science, e.g. coursework completed in the Minor or other relevant classes, workshops attended, future plans for taking courses in the Data Science Minor, etc.
- Current CV
- Name and email address of one faculty with whom you have recently taken a class that we can request a letter of recommendation from