University Funding Support for Student Research/Travel:

Undergraduates:

1) (CARET) Creative Activities and Research Experiences for Teams Program:

The Creative Activities and Research Experiences for Teams (CARET) program is designed to enhance undergraduate involvement and experiences in research and creative activities. This funding program is designed to encourage and support faculty engagement in research or creative activities with undergraduate student collaborators using a team approach. The research or creative activity can be one project for all team members or multiple projects across students. The CARET Awards are designed to support research teams of a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 undergraduate students.

Deadline: (always the third Monday of January; applications accepted only once a year)

  • Awards up to $7500 to faculty for the following:
  • A course release for the faculty member
  • A summer salary for the faculty member
  • Travel funding for undergraduate student team members to either collect data or present the work at a conference
  • Supplies or other project needs

2) (URCA) Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity:

ETL will sponsor a limited number of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URCA) travel funds during the academic year. The URCA funds are designed to enhance undergraduate involvement and experiences by supporting only travel expenses to present at conferences.

In order to provide as many opportunities for undergraduate researchers as possible, URCA funds will be limited to a maximum of $500.00 each. Individual students may receive only one URCA per academic year, although students could apply again the following round if not funded the first time. Travel must be completed prior to June 10th.

Deadline: There will be five application due dates during the academic year:

  • First Friday of July, 7/3/15 at 11:59pm
  • First Friday of October, 10/2/15 at 11:59pm
  • First Friday of December, 12/4/15 at 11:59pm
  • First Friday of February, 2/5/16 at 11:59pm
  • First Friday of April, 4/1/16 at 11:59pm

Graduate Students:

1)Graduate Student Association Travel Grants:

  • Award up to $750 for domestic travel or $1,000.00 for international
  • APPLICATION DATES AND PRIORITY DEADLINES:

For Travel During: / Application Due (Priority Deadline)
August, September, October / 1 week prior to 1st General Body Meeting
November, December, January / November 1
February, March, April / February
May, June, July / May 1

Which applicants typically receive funding?

  1. Students presenting at conferences.
  2. Students not eligible/denied for funding from other sources.
  3. Students who complete and submit travel documents within guidelines.
  4. Students with active attendance at GSA meetings and events.