Research Experiences of Undergraduates Fellowship
Applications for the Research Experiences of Undergraduates Fellowships are due April 15, 2025 for the 2024-2025 cycle.
URCA Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowships are designed to support research
experiences for undergraduate students during the summer after their sophomore year.
Awards are intended to support multi-week summer experiences in which students will
participate in research and/or gain research skills. Awardees will be ready and able
to integrate those experiences and skills into their academic endeavors in their junior
and senior years to help build their paths before and after graduation.
Proposals will be reviewed once during the academic year in the spring semester.
Funding can be applied toward participation in formal NSF REU programs, field schools,
or other opportunities where students can gain experience in research programs. Students
pursuing internships, fellowships, and other education opportunities will be eligible
for funding if they have clear and explicit research projects, and have an academic
advisor overseeing their program.
This award is a last dollar scholarship. Most NSF sponsored REUs, and many fellowships
and internships, subsidize student involvement and may or may not include housing.
Other expenditures are not included however.
The maximum award is $5000.
Eligibility and limitations:
- Students should have completed two years at ETSU and have participated in research in some capacity during their first two years, or be recommended by a professor on the basis of their capacity to acquire relevant skills that might be applied toward a research project in their junior year.
- All ETSU students (not just Honors students) are eligible.
- Priority will be given to students who have not previously received an URCA award and who do not have existing research/scholarly activity support or funding.
- Only one award proposal per faculty mentor should be submitted each academic year.
- Funds not spent by the stated deadline will be reclaimed to be used for other awards.
Please note that funds are awarded as scholarships. As such, if students have any
outstanding debts on their accounts, the scholarships will automatically be applied
to that end. The office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities has no control
over this process.
Submission:
Questions:
Please contact Dr. Bill Duncan, Associate Director for Global Research Opportunities, with any questions.