Research Scholars Program (2014-2015)
This program seeks to enhance undergraduate research among new and existing faculty/staff. Faculty/staff may request salaries to
hire undergraduates to assist them in their research.
Call for Proposals, 2014-2015
New mentors or returning mentors (faculty/staff who have not mentored undergraduate research projects from the Fall, Spring,
Summer grant competitions, or the Research Scholars Program at UW-Whitewater from URP since Fall 2012) are eligible.
Faculty/staff mentors in departments that have been traditionally underrepresented in undergraduate research will receive priority
(defined as those in which no student has received a URP grant or summer fellowship in the last two academic years; list of eligible
departments: Accounting, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Counselor Education, Educational Foundations, Finance and
Business Law, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching, Leadership, Military Science, and Aerospace Studies,
Management, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Political Science, and Women’s Studies). Each award provides up to $300 a
semester or $600 an academic year to hire one or more research assistant(s) for the scholar. Proposals involving projects that span
an entire academic year will only be considered during the fall application. We particularly welcome proposals that might lead to
future URP grants or student presentations at the March 18, 2015 (or a future) Undergraduate Research Day.
Research Assistants working under the Research Scholars Program have the opportunity to collaborate with scholars on the scholars’
research. Faculty/staff mentors applying for such assistance should be engaged in working on a scholarly or creative project. The
tasks assigned to the Research Assistant should help develop his/her skills as a future researcher and be appropriate to methods of
inquiry and creativity in the faculty scholar’s discipline. Research Assistants can be hired through this program for a maximum of
one academic year for the entire duration of his/her college career at UW-Whitewater.
Application Process
Application of 1-2 pages should be submitted electronically to urp@uww.edu and consist of
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Completed Cover Page (see page 2)
A description of the project for which the Research Assistant will contribute.
Details on what tasks the Research Assistant(s) will undertake and an explanation of how this research opportunity will
contribute to the Research Assistant’s understanding of research methods in the applicant’s field.
A description of how the Research Assistant will be recruited. If a potential Research Assistant has already been identified,
please provide information about why he/she is well suited for this project.
Fall application deadline: 4 PM on Oct 6, 2014; Spring application deadline: 4 PM on Feb 9, 2015
Expectations:
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The Research Assistant(s) contributes in tangible and significant ways to the faculty research project and is trained in
appropriate research skills.
For full year assistantships, scholars and Research Assistants are expected to complete a mid-year online survey. All grant
recipients are expected to complete a final survey in which they respond to questions regarding project outcomes and
student learning. Scholars and Research Assistants will receive an email invitation to complete the surveys and are
expected to complete them by indicated due dates. All funding must be spent by April 15, 2014.
Research Assistants are encouraged to present results at UGR Day March 18, 2015 and consider applying for a URP grant to
continue the project in 2015-2016 as appropriate.
Up to five awards per semester are available in 2014-2015. Each faculty/staff mentor who is awarded a grant will select the Research
Assistant, who will be hired through the Undergraduate Research Program. The exact terms of employment (e.g., pay rate, number
of hours per week, etc) are to be determined by the mutual agreement between the faculty/staff mentor and the Research
Assistant. Faculty/staff mentors can decide on a stipend payment to the Research Assistant(s) or for their pay to be hourly.
Students do not receive academic credit for being part of this program. The Undergraduate Research Council will evaluate all
applications and make recommendations to the Program Director. Award decisions are expected to be made by late October for fall
applications and by late February for spring applications.
Research Scholars Cover Page
New Faculty Scholar
Returning Faculty Scholar
Last date of receiving Undergraduate Research Program support (Fall, Spring, Summer grant
competitions or the Research Scholars Program)
Department that is underrepresented in the Undergraduate Research Program (list on first page)