College of the Sciences

Undergraduate Research Grants

The College of the Sciences continues to put collaboration between students and faculty at the center of undergraduate education. The College of the Sciences Undergraduate Research Grants Program allows students to propose and conduct a research project in conjunction with a faculty mentor. Faculty mentors may sponsor three student proposals per year. Students may submit one proposal per year.

Due Date for submission: First Friday in February at 5:00 PM in the Dean's Office.

(Additional opportunities for undergraduate research and funding are available through the Science Honors Research Program and the Office of Undergraduate Research.)

College of the Sciences Undergraduate Research Grants Information

Application and Information pdf or Word
Proposal Writing Guidelines pdf
Sample Budget and Budget Justification pdf
Sample Faculty Mentor Letter pdf
Complete Literature Citations pdf
SOURCE (Symposium On University Research and Creative Expression)

2012 Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title	Department
Jacob Buchanan	Steven Chamberland	Complete synthesis of phidianidine A and B	Chemistry
Alan McNolty	Mary Poulson	Selection of cold-tolerant Arthrospira platensis strains by way of cold-shock treatments	Biology
Stephanie Moesch	Blaise Dondji	The impact of interleukin-5 neutralization in hookworm infection	Biology
Michael Mullan	Todd Kroll	Confirming neocortical proteins that interact with the transcription factor Sp8	Chemistry
James Siegenthaler	Steven Chamberland	Total synthesis of a urea analogue of clavatadine A	Chemistry

2011 Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title	Department
Andrea Faulkner	Levente Fabry	Synthesis of Boronated Amino Acid Analogs	Chemistry
Sara Healas	Jason Irwin	Altitudinal Variation of Freeze Tolerance in the Pacific Chorus Frog	Biology
Julia Jennings	Levente Fabry	Synthesis of a Precursor to Azaborine as a Potential HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor	Chemistry
Angela McFadden	Linda Raubeson	Comparison of Genomic Mapping Methods	Biology
Ryanne Mueller	James Johnson	Evaluating Alternative Genes for DNA Barcoding in Saprolegnia	Biology
John Schreiber	Levente Fabry	Synthesis of Novel Boronated Amino Acid Analogues as Potential Inhibors of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors	Chemistry

2010 Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title	Department
Amanda Berndt	Blaise Dondji	Nitric Oxide as Mediator of Hookworm Infection	Biology
Matthew McCammant	Levente Fabry	Synthesis of 3-mercapto-2,4-diphenylbutanamide as a potential inhibitor of Anthrax Lethal Factor	Chemistry
Stephanie Moesch	Blaise Dondji	The Role of Interleukin-5 in Hookworm Infection	Biology