SOURCE Awards: Undergraduate Research/Creative Project Grants APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 26th, 2015 Name ____________________________________________________ Student ID # Address __________________________________________________ Graduation Date ___________________ __________________________________________________ Phone ____________________________ GPA _________________ (minimum 2.5 required in major) ___________________ E-mail ____________________________ Title of Project ___________________________________________________________________________________ Amount of Support Requested _______________________________ Are you applying to other sources of funding? If so, please list them. ___________________________________________ Department _______________________________________________ Faculty Sponsor ___________________________________________ Department Chairperson’s Signature ____________________________________________ Please include the following with your application: 1) A detailed rationale (2–3 double-spaced pages) to support your proposal which includes the following information: a. What is the purpose or goal of your project? b. How will you carry out the project research? (materials, methods, process, etc.) c. What is your timetable? d. What are the anticipated results or conclusions or of your project (if applicable)? e. Why should you receive Instructionally Related Activities funds for this project? Note: This is your justification and main argument for funding. You must show that this project has merit within your field or discipline. Your rationale must be written in layperson’s terms with all technical terms clarified. 2) A letter from an appropriate faculty sponsor specifically endorsing the merit and feasibility of the proposal and outlining both student and faculty sponsor roles. 3) A DETAILED and JUSTIFIED project budget should be included. Include explanations to justify your budget requests. Budget allowances are as follows: 10 cents per copy for duplicating charges, 56 cents a mile for travel, $55 a day for meals (for travel exceeding 24 hours), and less than $175 per night for lodging. (See reverse for guidelines) Award Guidelines 1. Students who are being paid as research assistants may not request SOURCE Award funding for their project. Research projects must be student-initiated and directed, although this does not preclude a student’s project from being part of a larger, more complex research effort. The student’s research project must be in some way “stand-alone,” that is, the student cannot simply be engaged in data collection, transcription, etc. It is expected that the student’s research will result in conclusions based on a process of analysis appropriate to the discipline. 2. If research involves human or animal subjects, the research must conform to standards set by the Committee on the Rights of Human Subjects and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (check with faculty sponsor for details). 3. Award recipients must be enrolled on a full-time basis and enrolled in a course directly related to their research or creative project. 4. Award funds may not be granted as stipends. 5. Research/creative projects must be completed by the end of the Spring 2015 semester. Award recipients must present their project at the SSU Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 3rd, 2016. 6. Submit application to the SSU Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Experiences (SOURCE) in Schulz 1125 by October 26, 2015. I have read and understand these guidelines. Student signature ____________________________________________ Please direct any questions about this proposal to Daniel Smith, daniel.smith@sonoma.edu.