Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) - NSF-EPSCoR
Summer 2009
Submission Deadline: March 9, 2009
Nevada NSF EPSCoR
Nevada System of Higher Education
Program: The Nevada System of Higher Education announces the 2009 Summer Scholarship program to promote undergraduate research in all NSHE institutions. The program is supported by funding from Nevada’s NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Program and the State of Nevada. Students in any major are eligible. At least 50% of the proposals will be funded for research focused on climate change areas listed above. This solicitation is also open to proposals in science, technology, engineering, math, education, or journalism with focus on teaching or communicating K-12 science or technology.
The proposals must be original and written by the scholarship applicant. The research must be conducted during the Summer 2009 under the guidance of a faculty research mentor(s) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), or the Desert Research Institute (DRI). Scholarships will provide $4500 per student awardee and $1000 to the faculty mentor overseeing the project to cover research expenses.
Eligibility: Applicants must be:
- US Citizens or permanent residents of the United States,
- Full time students in a degree program with a GPA of 3.0 studying at one of the NSHE institutions: UNLV, UNR, NSC, CSN, GBC, TMCC, WNC, or Sierra Nevada College,
- Supervised by a faculty mentor,
- Students maintaining their undergraduate status throughout the entire program; students graduating in (May 2009) are not eligible.
- All participants will be responsible for enrolling themselves in at least one to three units of research credit in the first summer 2009 session. A list of acceptable courses will be provided to those funded.
- Past recipients of the NSF-EPSCoR undergraduate research awards are not eligible.
Contact Dr. Saiidi at ugresearch@unr.edu for more information. The submission information is posted at: http://www.nevada.edu/epscor/programs-nsf-undergraduate-research.html