UW-Stout College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Student Research Support Initiative
Information and Application Guidelines
(Funding for 2014-15)
Purpose of the CEHHS Student Research Support Initiative
CEHHS will support undergraduate and graduate research assistants to work with and support
faculty/staff research. This initiative is aligned to the following CEHHS Strategic Planning goals:
Improve student engagement, critical thinking, and retention through the application of evidence-based
practice, increased rigor, and applied learning experiences throughout the curriculum, including
undergraduate and graduate student research; Facilitate inter-and intra-disciplinary collaboration among
faculty, staff, and students in teaching, research, scholarship and service; Support capacity building and
expansion of funded research.
Up to $20,000 will be provided to support undergraduate and graduate research assistants to work with
faculty/staff for up to 10 hours per week during the academic year. The students will provide assistance
that supports the faculty/staff research and will be selected and supervised by the faculty/staff who are
awarded this student research assistant funding. If applicable, selected students will be responsible for
notifying their financial aid counselor. Depending on the student’s level of experience and expertise,
duties may include but are not limited to: library research, data collection, subject interviews, conducting
experiments, recruiting/managing participants, coding/analyzing data, and reviewing the literature. All
research must be conducted following guidelines of the university.
Criteria for Funding
1. A faculty or academic staff member whose responsibilities include research is eligible to apply
for funds to support undergraduate or graduate research assistants.
2. A faculty member who serves on the review (CEHHS Governance) Committee is not eligible to
apply unless an alternate serves on the committee during the review process.
3. Proposal format:
I. Title Page
i. Title of proposal
ii. Faculty/Staff name
iii. Campus address, phone number and email
iv. Funding period and amount of funding requested
II. Narrative (no more than 3 pages)
i. Overview/purpose of the project
ii. How students will be engaged in the process and the learning opportunities for the
student
iii. Explanation of how project meets one or more of CEHHS Strategic Planning goals
iv. Projected overall benefits/outcomes of the research project
III. Budget with narrative explaining the request
Budget
Funding is to be used only for salary to support research assistants at the undergraduate and graduate
level. Undergraduates will be paid at the state payroll rate and graduate students will be paid at the
graduate assistant rate of pay. Students can be paid a maximum of ten hours per week. Up to $20,000 will
be awarded.
Application Procedures
For funding in 2014-15 academic year, proposals are due by February 14, 2014. The awardees will
receive notification of funding in early May and the funds must be expended by June 30, 2015.
Interested applicants should submit their proposals as a Word document to Rose McLean
(mcleanr@uwstout.edu) in the CEHHS Dean’s Office.
Selection Criteria and Procedures
The proposals will be evaluated by the CEHHS Governance Council representing the CEHHS academic
departments.
Proposals will be rated individually and then discussed as a group using the CEHHS Student Research
Support Initiative rubric. Proposals will be rated on the following scale with 1=low and 5=high.
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Project overview/purpose are clear
Students are engaged in the research process;
learning opportunities are substantial
Overall benefits and outcomes of the research are significant
Alignment to one or more of the CEHHS Strategic Planning Goals
The budget, budget narrative and rationale are reasonable/appropriate
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Evidence of Completion
At the completion of the funding period, awardees must provide evidence of having accomplished the
designated outcomes and will be expected to submit a final report to the CEHHS Dean’s office by August
1, 2015.
S: CEHHS Student Research Support Initiatives/CEHHS Student Research Initiative for 2014-15