There are many ways to receive funding to support your research: through the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), from other funding sources at NCWU, from grant external sources such as North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Research, Council on Undergraduate Research and more.

Faculty-Student Research Award (FSRA)

The OUR provides an annual faculty-student research award (FSRA) of $500. This award may be used to purchase supplies, software, or equipment to support the conduction of student research, and/or provide funding to help cover travel expenses for the student to present their research at a conference. This award also covers a one-semester course release for the faculty mentor.

OUR Faculty-Student Research Award (FSRA)

The NCWU Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is currently accepting applications for the OUR Faculty-Student Research Award.

Award description:

In line with the mission of the NCWU OUR, this award helps to support and promote opportunities for students to engage in advanced inquiry through research, creative, and scholarly experiences. This annual award supports one faculty member and one undergraduate student to develop, conduct, and present faculty-mentored undergraduate student research at NCWU. Recipients of the OUR Faculty-Student Research Award will receive the following:

A one-semester course release for the faculty mentor.

  • The course release is applied to the Spring semester of the year awarded.
  • Proposals will be required to include a signed statement from the faculty member’s Program Coordinator in support of the course release.

A $500 research award for the undergraduate student researcher (pending proposal approval).

  • The research award can be used to support research-related expenses only (for example: software, books, supplies, equipment, or research-related travel). The proposal must include a detailed budget that outlines how the research stipend will be spent.

Submission deadline:

Complete proposals are due by October 14, 2024.

Eligibility:

Applicants for the OUR Faculty-student Research Award must include one full-time faculty member and one full-time NCWU undergraduate student.

Evaluation:

Submissions will be evaluated by the OUR Award Committee which includes the OUR Advisory Board, the current Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chair, and the current Professional Development Committee Chair. The OUR Award Committee will utilize either the Research Project Rubric or Creative Project Rubric, depending on the project type, to evaluate each proposal. The OUR Award Committee, upon consideration, will forward its recommendation(s) to the Provost by October 9, for final disposition. Award recipients will be notified by October 16th and will be featured in the OUR annual newsletter.

Award Dispersal: 

Student Research Award funds will be distributed to the faculty mentor via a faculty-student OUR Award Account. The award may be spent from the time it is awarded until May 15 of the academic year in which it is awarded.

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External Research Funding Opportunities

Undergraduate student researchers may be able to apply for various funding opportunities through national, local, and discipline-specific grants and awards. The following is a short list of external funding opportunities for undergraduate student researchers. Students may also find additional resources in their discipline or through other funding opportunities.

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