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Summer Field Research Grants for Graduate Students in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula

APPLICATION FORM

Deadline for Application: March 14, 2002

All applications must be typed. Please print this form and type, or download a copy this form from the Stone Center web site <http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/>.

I. BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION

(a) Full Name: Cherry M. Gumapas

(b) Soc. Sec. Number:

(d) Phone Number:

(e) E-mail:

(f) School and Department Affiliation at Tulane:

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Graduate student in International Health and Development

(g) Name of Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Carl Kendall

(h) School and Department Affiliation of Faculty Sponsor:

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, International Health and Development

(i) Project Title:

“Street Kids and HIV in northeastern Brazil: Reaching Marginalized Youth with Anti-retroviral Therapy”

(j) Foreign Country where fieldwork will be conducted: Brazil

(k) Languages Spoken in area where fieldwork will be conducted: Portuguese

(l) Please provide a short description of your relevant language skills:

formal course studies:

· 1 term, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture graduate school-Introduction to Portuguese

· 2 semesters: Smith College-Elementary Portuguese

practical use:

· 3 month volunteer period in Brazil (Parana and Pernambuco states)

· currently attending monthly Brazilian-American Cultural Institute’s

Portuguese conversation club

proficiency:

· passed Tulane International Health and Development department’s foreign language proficiency requirement

(m) Are you applying for funding through one of the Special Research Incentives for 2002? Which one? No

(n) Have you or do you plan to apply for other summer research or language training funding? If yes, please specify. No

II. Budget

A. Proposed Transportation Costs

Mode of Transportation	City of Origin	Destination	Estimated Cost
International Costs
AIRFARE	New Orleans	Salvador	$1644
In-country Costs
LOCAL BUS	$2/day local bus fare x 60 days	All locations	$120
BUS	Salvador	Feira de Santana	$12 r/t
BUS	Salvador	Aracaju	$20 one way
BUS	Aracaju	Recife	$35 one way
BUS	Recife	Salvador	$45 one way
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING REQUESTED			$1876

Explanation: Please use this space to provide the Airline and flight numbers used for your airfare estimate.


	$1644	airfare
	$5	service fee
	$1649	trip cost

Delta Air Lines 834
Thu, Jun 13

1:35p-3:59p
plane change

New Orleans (MSY)

Atlanta (ATL)

Delta Air Lines 105
Thu, Jun 13

8:35p-6:55a
plane change

Atlanta (ATL)

Sao Paulo (GRU)

TAM - Transportes Aereos 3490
Fri, Jun 14

9:15a-11:28a

Sao Paulo (GRU)

Salvador (SSA)
total duration: 19h 53min

TAM - Transportes Aereos 3495
Thu, Aug 22

3:00p-5:15p
plane change

Salvador (SSA)

Sao Paulo (GRU)

Delta Air Lines 104
Thu, Aug 22

9:55p-6:20a
plane change

Sao Paulo (GRU)

Atlanta (ATL)

Delta Air Lines 291
Fri, Aug 23

8:55a-9:26a

Atlanta (ATL)

New Orleans (MSY)
total duration: 20h 26min

B. Proposed Subsistence Allowance.

Item	Daily Rate	# of days	Estimated Cost
ROOM/LODGING	$10	60	$600
FOOD ALLOWANCE	$8	60	$480
OTHER COSTS (specify)
TOTAL SUBSISTENCE FUNDING REQUESTED			$1080

III. Detailed Itinerary and Timeline

Week
Activities	Location	◊	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	◊
Create interview questions in cooperation with NGOs	New Orleans	●
Create focus group objectives, guidelines and questions in cooperation with NGOs	New Orleans	●
Establish venues for focus group discussions	New Orleans	●
Establish meeting dates and times for visits	New Orleans	●		●	●
Review focus group procedure with Caritas staff	Salvador		●
Perform mock focus group discussion with Caritas staff	Salvador		●
Review interview questions with Caritas staff	Salvador		●
Street visit: interview kids	Salvador			●	●			●	●
	Feira d.Santana					●
	Aracaju					●
	Recife						●
Bairro visit: interview families of kids	Salvador			●	●			●	●
	Feira d.Santana					●
	Aracaju					●
	Recife						●			<

Week