$1500 Undergraduate Research Grants: Deadline Nov 16
<p align="left"> <b><font color="#002b5f" face="Arial" size="5"><font color="#002b5f" face="Arial" size="5"><font color="#002b5f" face="Arial" size="5">UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS</font></font></font></b></p> <p align="left"> <b><font face="Arial">DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 16</font><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">th</font></font><font face="Arial">, 2012</font></b></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">The Honors College sponsors the university-wide undergraduate research grant</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">program. This program provides students with an opportunity to pursue original</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">research, scholarship, or creative work under the mentorship of a full-time faculty</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">member. Open to juniors and seniors with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, the</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">award provides a $1500 stipend for one semester. The award will be made in one of</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">two ways: 1) as payment to the student or 2) as a transfer of funds to the academic</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">department.</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">An important aspect of this program is that it places the student and a faculty member in</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">an apprentice/mentor relationship. After agreeing on a particular project, the faculty</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">member assists the student in submitting a proposal, supervise the student’s research</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">activity, and assist in the construction of the student’s the final research report. This</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">program can be used to support undergraduate honors thesis, senior, or supervised</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">research projects (or equivalent programs in the student’s major).</font></p> <p align="left"> <b><font face="Arial">ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS</font></b></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">Students from all disciplines are eligible. Juniors and seniors with a minimum GPA of</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">3.25 are encouraged to submit a proposal; students must be enrolled for at least 12</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">hours during the semester in which the project is funded.</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">The award stipend will be $1500 (subject to tax withholding) for one semester. The</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">project could involve research, design, development, field study, creative work or</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">performance. The project should require about 150 hours of the student's time (e.g., 10</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">hours per week) and be completed in one semester.</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">Ideally, the project should be initiated by the student, but faculty members may</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">approach students about collaborative projects. If the project is related to faculty</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">research, the project should require that the student assume increasing responsibilities</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial">over the course of the semester. The award is not intended to be a substitute for work</font></p> <p> <font face="Arial">done by a student lab assistant.</font></p> <p> <font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://ww2.odu.edu/ao/honors/urp/StudentFunding.shtml">http://ww2.odu.edu/ao/honors/urp/StudentFunding.shtml</a></font></font></p> <p> </p>
Posted By: Ivan Ash
Date: Wed Nov 14 10:23:29 EST 2012