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| Discovery Grant Winner Max Konovalov presenting at the 2005 International Society for Computers and their Applications CATA Conference. |
Discovery Grants contribute support to ongoing undergraduate research and creative projects. These grants can be used for two reasons:
1) To support projects that require additional funding, above and beyond the current funding sources.
2) To support travel to present research findings at conferences or seminars.
Discovery Grants will not support new projects. New proposals should be submitted as an Undergraduate Research Grant.
Deadline: Students apply for this award on a year-round basis. A faculty mentor supervising the project must endorse the application.
Eligibility: Applicant must be admitted to UAA as an undergraduate degree-seeking student. Submission Guidelines: To be considered complete, applications must include the following:
- Student’s name
- Student’s ID number
- Student’s email address and phone number
- Faculty Mentor (Project Supervisor), email address and phone number
- A description of your research or creative activity contextualized within its field of study (not to exceed five pages). Your description should:
- State the significance and broader impacts of your project (for example, indicate the benefits of your work to others)
- State the objectives of the work
- If appropriate, state the hypotheses that you are testing and indicate the methods you are using to solve the problem ·
- Summarize any data and/or findings of your work so far ·
- Describe the methodology of your study (for example: field work, field sampling, sample processing, analytical work, and data acquisition)
- Indicate your degree of involvement and that of others contributing to the work
- List significant references upon which your work builds
- Indicate other funding sources for the current project
- Include a budget of your project (including the amount you are requesting)
- Include budget justification (describe and detail the amounts indicated in the budget)
- If funds are being requested for travel to a conference to present research findings or creative work, please submit proof of acceptance to the conference
Awardee Responsibilities: Discovery Grant recipients must provide the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship with the following items:
- An abstract of the research project
- A digital photo of the student’s presentation or photo of student doing research in the field
- Photographs of student at the conferences, if applicable
Completed application should be e-mailed to discovery@uaa.alaska.edu.
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