Research Mentorships and Grants, like Undergraduate Research Participation, also allow students to assist faculty in research. Mentorships and Grants, however, are awarded on a competitive basis and students are awarded a stipend rather than academic credit.
Like URP, the Mentorship and Grant Programs can provide excellent assistance to a faculty member’s research project. Although students are encouraged to locate a faculty member who is interested in becoming a Mentor, we also invite faculty members to recommend students to the Mentorship Program. The contractual procedure for Mentorships is similar to that of the URP.
Mentorships are awards of $600 per semester, to support and encourage student work with individual faculty members. This work should be research or some project related to a student’s academic and/or career plans. Students with mentorship awards work personally with faculty who direct the project and advise them. The main purpose of these awards is to familiarize students with research and project development.
The application deadline for Fall 2009/Spring 2010 mentorships has passed.
These grants are awards of $2,500 for the Summer Term to support and encourage undergraduate work with individual faculty members in a mentoring relationship. These stipends are intended to provide full-time support for 8-10 weeks during the summer. This work should be research or scholarship related to a student’s academic and/or career plans. Students with research grants work closely with individual faculty members, who direct and advise them on the project.
The application deadline for Summer 2009 has passed.
