UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COUNCIL
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
PROPOSAL EVALUATION SUMMARY
DATE:
APPLICANT:
DEPARTMENT & COLLEGE:
The applicant:
o The Grad Student will be engaged full time on his/her research during the period of the award
o The work is related to the Grad Student’s thesis or dissertation research
o The student did not receive URC funding in summer 2012
The application includes:
o Transcript
o List of academic and research achievements (CV is acceptable)
o Listing of presentations made that includes if the presentation was oral or poster and includes the following information: presenter's name, names of other authors, title, name of conference or meeting, location and date
o The number of Graduate Credit Hours Earned at UC through Autumn 2012 is less than 260
o The Qualifying Exam date
o Anticipated graduation date
o Education and career objectives
o Human Subjects description and IRB approval information (if needed)
o Animal Research description and IACUC approval information (if needed)
o Letters of Collaboration (only if resources or equipment outside of the student’s lab will be needed)
The proposal includes the following required sections:
o Statement of the problem
o Background
o Specific aims, research questions or hypotheses
o Research strategy or plan
o Timeline
o References
The proposal meets the following requirements:
o The goals are clearly articulated
o The proposal is innovative or creative
o The proposal is of theoretical and/or practical significance
o Important issues of project design and analysis are appropriately addressed
o Adequate progress can be made on the project during the summer funding period
o The resources needed to complete the project are available
o A panel of reviewers with diverse backgrounds could understand the project
o Does not exceed five (5) double-spaced typewritten pages (12 pt. font minimum) including tables and illustrations, excluding references
o One-inch margins
PROJECT SUMMARY
• What is the problem being addressed:
• Why is the problem important and interesting:
• What is the hypothesis (or hypotheses) to be tested:
• Is the strategy proposed to solve the problem an appropriate one to pursue:
• What will we know when the project is completed that we do not know now:
• How innovative or creative is the proposed research
OVERALL EVALUATION
OTHER COMMENTS:
FUNDING RECOMMENDATION
Check one:
o Proposal should be funded
o Proposal should be funded only if funds are available
o Proposal should not be funded