To UNH UG Students,
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce the 2013 student Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.
Objectives: To engage students in the experience of applied research under the direct tutelage of a faculty member. The full process will involve crafting a research proposal, conducting a research project, and will require preparation and presentation of results in written and oral-presentation form at a research fair to be held early in the fall term. Fellows will also be expected to write a short summary of their work for publication by UNH. The program will support mentoring, engagement, experiential learning and persistence.
This program is now in its seventh year at UNH. The 2013 program is designed to build on the successful experiences of previous years.
Process and Parameters:
•Although the student and faculty member are expected to co-submit their proposal, it is expected that the student will write it. Up to two students may work with one faculty member. Written proposals must be submitted to the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Research and Faculty Development (205 Maxcy Hall) in five (5 copies), c/o Janice Sanderson, and must include an appropriate cover sheet identifying the faculty member and student(s) [including the student’s ID number and major]; it must also contain a brief narrative that presents background theory and research review, research objectives and methods, and implications of possible scenarios of results. (Faculty/student co-submission ensures faculty oversight and commitment if the proposal is accepted. Faculty members may team with student majors from colleges other than their own.)
•The proposals will be reviewed and awards made by a faculty committee chaired by the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and one faculty scholar from each college, each appointed by the dean of that college.
•The proposal deadline is Wednesday, March 6th; decisions will be announced on or before April 5th.
•Projects will not be eligible simultaneously for honors theses or senior projects or other academic credit. However students may continue the research initiated under SURF in preparation for subsequent credit-bearing activity such as Honors courses, subject to relevant policy.
•Students must be in good academic and conduct standing as of the review period.
•Projects involving human subjects must be vetted in a timely way by the university’s IRB.
•The student fellowship award includes these elements:
1. A $2,500 stipend for each student and an award certificate upon successful completion of the program.
2. Special mention on the co-curricular transcript as “Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow.”
3. A $1,500 stipend for each faculty member for each student supervised.
4. No fee student housing in the UNH residence halls for the summer period, June 3 – August 9.
5. An allowance for research supplies and library resources, budgeted at $700 per student.
6. Required participation in a Fall 2013 “Research Day” event, which will include poster displays and demonstrations or descriptions as appropriate.
7. A summary written report which will be published by UNH.
8. Participation in at least one Admissions event during the 2013-14 academic year, to be scheduled by the Dean’s Office of the college in which the student is enrolled.
