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CURCA Funding Opportunities

[email protected]

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CURCA

• Supports UR and Creative initiatives across all campuses

• Workshops & information• CURCA Ambassadors• CURCA mini-grants• FUSE Program

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CURCA mini-grants

• Up to $3000 • Applications in October (?)• Generally spans a year• Money generally used for supplies, although it

can also fund student workers, travel for research, etc.

• Do not include faculty stipends – materials only.

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CURCA Mini-Grants

• Plan must include: – Undergraduate participation – Intended dissemination– Budget– Timeline– Past CURCA funding results– Significance of project

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Ideas for Mini-Grants

• Pay for student researchers to participate• Fund travel to research sites with students• Fund costly supplies for research– Biological supplies (combine!)– Computer software

• Great for lab materials.

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What is the Faculty-Undergraduate Summer Engagement (FUSE) Program?

• Allows faculty mentors to work intensively students on a research project in the summer

• Spans eight weeks

• All groups meet together3-4 times

• Students work up to 40 hours/week (negotiable)

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Funding

• 6-7 different research groups are expected to be funded

• Compensation:– $4000 / professors – $2500 for students*Funds can be split between multiple professors or students

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Frequently asked questions

• Can I teach during FUSE?– Faculty may teach; however, a faculty member’s FUSE

and summer teaching pay may not exceed 27% of their yearly salary.

• Can more than one student work on the FUSE project?– Yes, but they have to split the 2,500 stipend. This is due

to budget limitations. More than one faculty can also participate on the same FUSE project, but they also would have to split the 4,000 stipend.

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Frequently asked questions

• Is FUSE limited to the sciences?• No! In fact, most FUSE participants have been from

outside the sciences.

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Frequently asked questions

• How can I tell if my project is appropriate for FUSE?– If the project follows the following definition of UR:“An inquiry or exploration conducted and disseminated by an undergraduate studentthat makes an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline and to applied practice.”

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Frequently asked questions

• How can I tell if my project is appropriate for FUSE?– students play a pivotal role in the project.– Involvement is intellectual as well as physical – Students are deeply engaged/immersed.– The products of the project will contribute to the scholarly field (local, regional, national).

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Frequently asked questions• How often must we meet? – Mentors should be available and willing to mentor the

student on a weekly (daily, even) basis.

– Please plan for what’s appropriate for your discipline. • “touch base” once a week or more infrequently, depending on the rate of progress. • plan to meet with students frequently enough to provide timely feedback.

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Frequently asked questions

• But in my scholarly field, mentors and mentees don’t meet on a daily basis! What should I do?– Please plan for what’s appropriate for your

discipline. – The important thing is that you make it obvious

in your proposal that you have a mentoring plan, and that this plan develops your student as a budding scholar and collaborator.

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Frequently asked questions

• How are FUSE proposals rated and ranked?– Committee composed of faculty representatives from every

school reviews them– Ranked using a rubric– The Committee provides numerical scores as well as

qualitative comments. – Proposals with the highest scores are funded.

Proposals must be written in lay terms and for a general audience, so all reviewers can understand the project.

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Frequently asked questions• So if I can’t include every last detail of my research project on

the proposal, WHAT do I need to include?– give a general idea of the research project and the significance of the

project to the field (enough detail to show seriousness of project)– be specific about how students will be engaged to further the project– be specific about the timeline of the project, and the timeline of

mentorship– include the potential products of the project

See request for proposals and rubric for more detail on what to include

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Differences between Mini and FUSEMini- Grant FUSE

No Stipend Includes Stipend$3000 for materials $500 for materialsMIGHT fund student DOES fund studentCompleted over academic year Completed in 8 weeks in summerExtended time period Truncated time periodMeetings not required Required meetings (3-4)

*Both require post-grant report as well as student research presentations at ARC or other venue.

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Remember

• You need to write the proposal to the scoring rubric.

• You need to write the proposal in easy-to-understand terms.

• It also helps to convey enthusiasm and commitment for the project and UR.

• If you have a record of UR engagement and commitment, flaunt it.

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