Program Details and Eligibility

• A title and abstract for the project
• A statement describing the proposed research or creative activity
• A work plan or activity timeline.  A typical project’s duration is 6-10 weeks but shorter projects will be given consideration.
• A description of student participation, expected learning outcomes, and ways in which results will be measured
• A description of how the results of the activity will be disseminated (e.g., presentation by students and faculty at professional conferences, or publication in a journal or conference proceedings, exhibition, Summer Research Symposium (required), Academic Celebration Day, etc.)
• A description of the efforts that will be made to leverage this work to seek external funds and continue/expand this work (if this is appropriate).
• A budget statement indicating the funds requested and how this money will be used. (Please see stipend information below.)

Stipend information:

• Students will receive payment in the form of a stipend as a research or project assistant. The student stipend is taxable to the extent described by the IRS but taxes will not be withheld.
• Stipends are calculated based on working 35 hr./week at an hourly rate of $9.00.
• The total stipend will be paid to the student in 2-5 installments, depending on the length of the project.
• The maximum faculty stipend is $1000.
• A possible budget statement might, for example, request $1000 for the faculty member and $3150 for a student working 35 hr/week for a 10-week project at an hourly rate of $9.00 for a total of $4150. Another proposal might request $500 for the faculty member’s time and $1090 for a student for working 20 hr/week for 6 weeks at an hourly rate of $9.00. 
   

Dates of significance:

• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO CURCA: March 8, 2013
  
• NOTIFICATION OF AWARD:  March 29, 2013               
• SUMMER SCHOLARSNPROGRAM DATES: May 27, 2013 - August 2, 2013       
  

• Faculty receiving funds must be returning as a full-time faculty member in Fall 2013.
• Maximum stipend per student = $3150 for 10 weeks; Students must be returning full or part-time students in good academic standing for Fall 2013.
• Students must work 35 hr/week to live in campus housing and are responsible for the cost of housing and board.
• The student stipends are taxable to the extent described by the IRS.
• Students will be required to participate in the Summer Research Symposium. Further, their participation in CURCA seminars will be encouraged. (Planned seminars include: Creating the Research Poster; Presentation Skills Workshop; The Ethics of Research; Understanding the IRB Process; etc.)
• The faculty member must submit by September 14, 2013 a report on what was accomplished with the funds. The College is understandably interested in the impact these funded activities have on our students. Additionally, we compile information on the students and faculty who have been, and will be, involved. In the final report, it is worth noting how involvement in the Summer Scholars Program may have affected their career / education plans.
• Applications from faculty who received support during Summer Session 2012 will be considered but may have lower priority.
• The three Academic Deans, the VPAA, and the Director of CURCA will make final selection of funded applications.
• Alfredo Medina, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Government and Foundation Relations), is available for consultation regarding external funding possibilities.