Provost Faculty-Student Research
Provost Faculty-Student Research
IMPORTANT!!! THESE FUNDS ARE ONLY OFFERED DURING THE FALL QUARTER!!
The aim of this fund is to involve faculty and students in collaborative research, teaching, or creative activities as intellectual partners. This mentor collaboration allows students the opportunity to engage in a rigorous and thorough research project, participate in a scholarly enterprise, and learn more about their discipline. It also provides faculty with opportunities to establish collaborative research partnerships, engage with advanced research students, and integrate undergraduate mentoring into their scholarly work.
Provost Faculty-Student Research Application Open:
October 15 – October 31, 11:59pm
Provost Award ApplicationApplication Criteria
Eligibility:
- OUR Funding Handbook
- Undergraduate students who are NOT graduating within the funding period (Fall/Winter of current academic year).
- Faculty must be NTT w/year-long contract, TT, or tenured
Amount:
- Up to $3,000
Eligible Expenses include (but not limited to):
- Materials and supplies
- Conference Travel (e.g., registration fee, lodging, airfare, per diem, mileage, etc.)
- Fieldwork travel (e.g., mileage, per diem, etc.)
- Equipment (will remain property of the university)
- Software
- Printing and marketing costs
- Ineligible Expenses Include (but are not limited to):
- Student/faculty/staff salaries, stipends, or tuition
- Expenses outside of the fiscal year that the award is received during
Application Materials:
- Funding Proposal – Up to 4 pages (excluding attachments)
Required: Download and use the OUR/foundry10 Funding Proposal Template- Project title page
- Abstract or creative artistic statement (250 words max)
- Project description
- Impact statement*
- Detailed line-item budget with budget justification. You can view examples of budget and budget justifications under our General Application Guidelines.
- Curriculum vitae (CV) for each participant (including faculty mentor) in a single file.
- Approval from the Human Subjects Review Council (HSRC), Institutional Animal Care of Use Committee (IACUC), or a completed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for hazardous materials if applicable.
- You can apply for funding even if you are still in the process of HSRC or IACUC approval. However, you MUST have appropriate approvals and certifications BEFORE you interact with humans or animals.
* Indicate the relationship between the students’ role and the faculty member’s area of interest and expertise as well as how the faculty and student participant(s) work as intellectual partners on the project.
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