URECA! Funding Available
URECA! Time - Proposals are due by noon on Monday, February 2, 2009.
The Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards, is designed to stimulate undergraduate research with faculty mentoring.
URECA! provides funding for research projects in all disciplines, including the humanities, the social sciences, and the physical and life sciences. All full-time undergraduate students are eligible, and any member of the UVM faculty may act as a mentor. Research projects that are associated with course credit may be eligible for URECA! funding if the proposed project will provide a research component beyond what would otherwise be done to earn course credit.
Students should submit:
* an application cover page
* a 2-3 page narrative describing the nature of their research project
* budget information
* their resume
* an endorsement by the faculty mentor
* the faculty mentor's c.v.
The proposal may be an extension of an existing research project or one newly-developed for URECA! Students who have previously received URECA! funds must detail how the proposed research differs from and/or extends previously funded URECA! research. Detailed information about the application process, including guidelines, is available on the web.
Evaluation of proposals will be undertaken by the Faculty Senate Research, Scholarship, and Graduate Education Committee. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of quality, the value of the research experience for the student and the record of the faculty member. Students selected for the program will each receive a $1,000 prize and research support up to $3,000. A detailed budget with full justification of all requested research expenses is required.
While the Faculty Senate Research, Scholarship and Graduate Education Committee will evaluate the proposals and award the scholarships, the Honors College will administer the application process and oversee administration of the program. Any questions about the program can be directed to the Honors College at 656-9100.