Financial awards provided by UGRASP are intended to facilitate undergraduate research and scholarship activities at SUU, and support their dissemination. Awards may be used for the purchase of consumable project materials and supplies (e.g. photocopies, chemicals, standardized tests), computer software, equipment, incentives for human research participation, and travel expenses incurred for conference presentations or similar. UGRASP awards may not be used as remuneration for student help on faculty/staff research projects.
A definition for undergraduate research and scholarship is inherently difficult because the nature of such activities is discipline specific. All such activities must, however, satisfy the following criteria:
To satisfy the last criteria, students may disseminate the results of their project via any the following:
Application for funds totaling less than $100 for any given project may be made at any time during the academic year, but no less than three weeks prior to when the funds are needed. These applications will be approved as long as they are endorsed by the student’s mentor or course instructor for the project, and the chairperson from the participating department. All awards are contingent on remaining UGRASP funds. Applicants are encouraged to submit requests early in the semester for which funds are needed. UGRASP will not consider applications for expenses incurred for an already completed project unless the funds are for the future dissemination of that project.
Application for funds totaling $100-$500 will be reviewed at one of four rounds with the following submission deadlines:
In any given academic year, a project may not receive more than $500 for expenses related to carrying out the project, and no more than $500 for travel related expenses to disseminate the results of the project.
Awards in this category are competitive. Decisions to fund an application will be made by members of the UGRASP grant committee, and are contingent on remaining UGRASP funds. UGRASP will only consider applications for expenses incurred or to be incurred in the current academic year. Any funds not spent by May 1st of the award year are forfeited.
Applications for either award category may be made by SUU undergraduate students in support of their research/scholarship project. The project may be an SUU course requirement, or the project may be an extracurricular activity. In the case of the latter, the student must have a qualified mentor. Additionally, the student, alone or alongside the mentor, must disseminate the results of the project. The student, or lead student in the case of group projects, should first review the Criteria for project funding and then complete and submit the UGRASP Grant Application Form: Student version. Successful applicants must also complete the UGRASP Grant Report Form: Student version.
If applying for an award under $100, the student’s mentor/supervisor for the project must also complete and submit the UGRASP Small Award Endorsement Form.
Applicants for either award category may be made by SUU course instructors to facilitate an undergraduate research or scholarship activity which involves and benefits the entire class. Note that the activity must satisfy the criteria described in the definition section above. The students, alone or alongside the course instructor, must disseminate the results of the project. The course instructor should first review the Criteria for project funding and then complete and submit the UGRASP Grant Application Form: Instructor version. Successful applicants must also complete the UGRASP Grant Report Form: Instructor version.
If applying for an award under $100, the course instructor must also complete and submit the UGRASP Small Award Endorsement Form.
All forms should be completed online, printed, and signed by all required parties. The form(s) should then be sent via campus mail or faxed to:
Dr. Lynn White
Director of SUU’s Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Program
Department of Psychology, GC 308
E-mail: ugrasp@suu.edu
Telephone: 586-7913
Fax: 586-5453
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