Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for funding (up to $1,000) to support their research projects.
Funding is supported by the COSE and the Graduate School.
Proposals will be submitted to the COSE Student Research Fund Committee. Email completed proposals to hchapman@uca.edu. Guidelines will follow the URC Research Funding Guidebook (https://uca.edu/urc/).
Awards amount will be up to $1,000 total for research and travel.
Research compliance requirements must be followed: IRB, Biosafety, or IACUC approval or a memo from Research Compliance indicating no need for approvals. For travel, please provide approval or the memo from Research Compliance for the research that was previously carried out and that will be presented.
Each proposal must be written by the student, with guidance from the mentor.
Students should be aware that submission doesn’t guarantee approval; take this into consideration when turning in proposals. Students may be asked to revise their proposal as a learning process. The review process is meant to hold students to a high standard for both scientific process and scientific writing
Funded projects must be presented at the COSE poster session and/or at a state/national/international conference.
A student may only get funding once per year. Each faculty mentor can up to three students per year be awarded for funding.
Proposal format
Proposals should have a maximum length of 3 pages, plus a SRF Cover Sheet and a budget summary page. This does not include the reference list.
For Research:
Project title
- Introduction, including a problem statement and objectives. The introduction should be supported by a review of relevant past and current literature, including at least 5 primary or secondary literature citations, fully referenced at the end of the proposal.
- Methods. Methodologies you will use to accomplish your research project. Will other students, faculty, etc. work with you to accomplish the goals of this project? How much work will you do independently of others?
- Proposed analysis, proposed timeframe
- Expected outcomes/significance
- Budget
For Travel:
- Project title
- Copy of abstract submitted
- If applicable, copy of acceptance to conference
- Expected outcome/significance of travel