2025 JHI Scholars-in-Residence Application Now Open

Jackman Scholars-in-Residence (SiR) is an intensive, 4-week paid research opportunity in humanities and social sciences for upper-year undergraduates. SiR provides students with an opportunity to acquire advanced research skills and experience while collaborating with an interdisciplinary and intellectually vibrant community of peers, professors, and research professionals. Students selected for SiR work as Research Assistants in small teams on projects led by professors. Students also share group activities including multidisciplinary workshops on research methodologies, standards, protocol, and professional communication; cultural events; and talks featuring professionals such as lawyers, policymakers and documentary filmmakers that highlight research-intensive career trajectories. Eligible students must apply by February 24, 2025 and be selected to work on one of the projects.

Jackman Scholar Award

If you are selected for SiR 2025 and complete the program requirements you will receive a $1000 Jackman Scholar Award. You will have the opportunity to contribute to original faculty research projects, develop skills, and build supportive relationships with peers and professors.

Location and Modality of Projects

SiR 2025 offers 24 in-person projects across all three campuses. Please pay careful attention to the location of each project.

In person: students selected for in-person projects will live in residence on the campus where their project takes place for the period of May 5 to 30. Free accommodation and a free partial dining plan will be provided for all students who are accepted for in-person projects. Students will participate in 20 hours/week of scheduled research work and attend five hours/week of in-person program activities.

In-person Scholars-in-Residence will be offered on all three U of T campuses. Five projects will be offered at U of T Mississauga, two at U of T Scarborough, and seventeen at U of T St. George. Your residence will be assigned according to the campus location of your project (e.g., if you are accepted to a UTM-based project, you will stay in residence on that campus). Please be aware of location when you select your preferred projects. You are encouraged to apply for projects on any of the three campus locations, regardless of your current affiliation.

Time Commitment

Scholars-in-Residence is a full-time commitment during the program period of May 5 to 30, 2025 inclusive. It is a very intensive program, and students are normally expected to devote full time and energy to it during the month of May, without pursuing other studies or employment.

In exceptional circumstances, students who are accepted into the program may request permission to take one course or accept up to 15 hours of other employment per week (not both, and not more) alongside participation in SiR, as long as the course or work schedule does not conflict with scheduled SiR research and other program activities. Even in exceptional cases where permission is granted, you must be available for all SiR working sessions as scheduled by your supervisor and for the group activities scheduled for your session (i.e., St. George, UTM or UTSC).

Eligibility

Eligible undergraduate students are those currently in second year or higher (i.e., 9.0 credits completed by May 2025) in any program in the Faculty of Arts & Science, the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Information, or the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at St. George, or at UTM or UTSC. You must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 in order to apply.

In order to give as many students as possible the opportunity to participate in SiR, you may participate only once. If you have taken part in Scholars-in-Residence in a previous year, you are not eligible to apply for SiR 2025.   

Selection criteria include academic achievement, commitment to and qualifications for the research project, and suitability for team-based research as shown by the application material and references. Apply with your UTORid.

The Application

Please familiarize yourself with the application guidlines on the Victoria College website. For information about the Scholars-in-Residence program or website assistance, contact scholars.in.residence@utoronto.ca.