Student Funding Opportunities

Provost Research awards will be available for both graduate and undergraduate students for the winter 2025 semester.  Look for the application in InfoReady Review in early January.  Please note, graduate and undergraduate student travel awards will not be offered for fall 2024 and winter 2025 semesters.

Provost Undergraduate Student Travel Award
Award Amount: $400 maximum
Description: For travel to a conference to present a paper
Application Submission Deadlines: 
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024 or winter semester, 2025)
    Third Friday of February

Provost Undergraduate Student Research Award
Award Amount: Up to $1500
Description: For project costs to carry out an independent research project, under the mentorship of a faculty member
Application Submission Deadlines: 
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024)
    Third Friday of February

Helpful Links:
infoReady REVIEW
Provost Student Research Award Budget Template (PSRA)Provost Student Research Award Budget Template (PSRA)

Provost Research awards will be available for both graduate and undergraduate students for the winter'25 semester.  Look for the application in InfoReady Review in early January.  Please note, graduate and undergraduate student travel awards will not be offered for fall'24 and winter'25 semesters.

Provost Graduate Student Travel Award
Award Amount: $500 minimum
Description: For travel to a conference to present a paper.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024 or winter semester, 2025)
    Third Friday of February

Provost Graduate Student Research Awards: Science, Quantitative Social Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics
Award Amount: Up to $1500
Description: To support a student research or creative activity project (project costs), under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024)
    Third Friday of February

Provost Graduate Student Research Awards: Music, Theatre and Dance
Award Amount: Up to $1500
Description: To support a student research or creative activity project (project costs), under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024)
    Third Friday of February

Provost Graduate Student Research Awards: Qualitative Social Sciences
Award Amount: Up to $1500
Description: To support a student research or creative activity project (project costs), under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024)
    Third Friday of February

Provost Graduate Student Research Awards: Humanities
Award Amount: Up to $1500
Description: To support a student research or creative activity project (project costs), under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    Third Friday of October (not available 2024)
    Third Friday of February

Graduate Tuition Assistance - The Graduate Research Assistantship Tuition (GReAT) Award
Award Amount: Annual tuition support for a full-time graduate research assistantship
Description: To support research-active faculty by funding graduate student tuition.
Application Submission Deadlines:
    For Fall: Second Monday of March 
    For Winter: Fourth Monday of September
For more information, talk to your faculty mentor.

Helpful Links:
infoReady REVIEW
Provost Student Research Award Budget Template (PSRA)Provost Student Research Award Budget Template (PSRA)

Q: How do I apply?   
A: You apply through the online application program, InfoReady Review. Log onto InfoReady Review using your NetID. Look for the application titled "Student Provost Research Award". If you don't see this award listed, check back closer to the due date. There are directions once you log into InfoReady Review; you will be asked to upload application documents. For administrative questions regarding InfoReady Review, contact [email protected].  

Q: I went to InfoReady to do my application, but I can't find a link for any of the Provost Student Award competitions. Where can I find these?
A: The competition links are only set up about a month before the submission deadlines. For academic year 2024-2025, they will be set up in January, 2025.

Q: What should I include in my proposal?
A: For the best advice, contact the Chair of the Provost Student Research Award committee. The current chair is Dr. Adam Avery, [email protected]

Q: Will there be only one submission date per year going forward, or will you go back to offering both fall and spring competitions in future years?
A: For now, there will only be one competition per year.  This may change in the future.

Q: Can I submit two applications in the same round?  
A: Yes, however no more than one proposal per applicant will be approved for funding in a given year.

Q: When will awards be given out?
A: There will only be one round of awards for academic year 2024-2025. Applications will be available in InfoReady Review in January, and reviewed in February. Awards will generally be given out a minimum of 30 days after applications are due.

Q: Can awards be used retroactively? For instance, if I go to a conference in the fall of 2024, can I apply for a Provost Student Travel Award in February, 2025, and if awarded, apply the money towards the fall travel expenses?
A: Yes you can. In the past it has been up to six months after the conference, even if you have graduated.  However, travel awards may not be given out in 2025.

Q: I won an award and need to submit a final report. Is there a template for the report?
A: There is no template for the final report. The guidelines do say not to exceed 5 pgs, most are only one to two pages and indicate publications, presentations, and other accomplishments that were achieved as a result of the award. Guidelines also say to upload the report (PDF is best) into InfoReady Review. Please try to do that, however if there is any issue in doing so you can send it to [xxx] to have it uploaded for you.

Q: When will I hear the results of my application?
A: Generally, results will be communicated about 30 days after the due date.

Undergraduate: 

• Automotive Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
• Summer Undergraduate Program in Eye Research (SUPER)
• Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• UNCORE Summer Engineering Computer Research
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Physics
• NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Graduate:

• Department of Chemistry
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program