Fund: Michael C. and Elizabeth A. Staats Endowed Award for Excellence in the Study of Law and Politics Fu Department: Political Science Dept D01029 Purpose: Graduate Student Support Fund Purpose: This fund shall be used to provide support for graduate students in Political Science. B. Criteria and Selection Process: "The Fund is to be administered by the Department of Political Science at the direction of the Chair.The fund shall support an annual award of at least $1000.00 to a Department of Political Science graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in the study of law and politics. While the criteria and selection process shall be determined by the Department, potential uses of the awared include as recognition for excellent performance in POSC 250 Seminar in Politics and the Legal order (or future equivalent), or to acknowledge a graduate student working on a dissertation in the areas of constitutional law, judicial politics, law and the courts, comparative courts/judicial politics, regulation, human rights, or polititics of the legal system and law enforcement. ... (See link to the left; fund name is hyperlinked...)"