Grant Application and Guidelines

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Grant Application and Guidelines

The Undergraduate Research Grant Program was established in 2005 to encourage Mount Aloysius College undergraduate students and faculty mentors to engage in research by defraying some of the cost associated with such endeavors. Research, in this context, is broadly defined and will include projects from all disciplines. Students, under direction of department faculty, should develop research projects that contribute new or supportive knowledge with content in their discipline.

Eligibility

Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at Mount Aloysius College.
Faculty mentors must be faculty of Mount Aloysius College.

Funding amounts

Individual grants of up to $150 will be issued. Awarded monies will be distributed on a reimbursement basis. Upon approval of the project by the UR committee, the student or faculty member pays for the items, and then submits receipts to the Committee chair. The exception to this is items that cannot be purchased directly but require departmental purchase, in which case the faculty member should follow typical purchase procedure, then contact the UR committee chair.
Typically, each student doing research in one course would not apply individually, but rather the class would develop one funding proposal for consideration. In such cases, merit for awards above $150 would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Use of funds

Funds may be used for supplies, equipment, software, fees and travel to and from a research site (travel will be covered at $0.40/mile). Such items purchased with these funds will remain property of Mount Aloysius College.
Funds may not be used for stipends or reimbursement for services.

Responsibilities

Student(s) must:

Complete the project as described
Submit a project summary including the final outcomes and expenditures of the project after completion,
Submit the completed project at the next Undergraduate Research symposium at Mount Aloysius College, held each April.

Faculty Mentor(s) must:

Supervise all aspects of the project
Guarantee compliance with established human participant and biosafety requirements
Certify that students are adequately trained to complete the project as described and
Assure completion of all required documents.

Any project using human participants must be approved by the Mount Aloysius College Institutional Review Board. See http://www.mtaloy.edu/academics/research/research_humanparticipants.dot for more information.

Student Information
*Student Name:
*Email Address:
*Address:
*City:
*State:
*Zip Code:
*Major:
*Anticipated Graduation Year:
Names of Other Involved Students:
Faculty Mentor Information
*Faculty Name:
*Email Address:
*Department:
*Office Telephone:
Faculty Mentor Information
*Project Title:
Project Proposal (must include background, goals of the project and how goals will be attained, an explanation of how funds will be used, including itemized budget, as well as a timeline)* :