This is a new application process, please read carefully!!!
Undergraduate Research Grant Program
Instructions for Application
Student will submit this application to their mentor for review. Mentors are asked to review but not write the application. Once the mentor reviews and approves the application, they will forward the completed application to SRO@calumet.purdue.edu on behalf of the student no later than 11:59 PM of the second Sunday of the semester.
There will be NO exceptions to these deadlines.
Please prepare your application to include all of the required information below. The applications will be evaluated on a point basis (0-Poor – does not address criteria; 1-Average; 2-Excellent – surpasses criteria); therefore incomplete applications will receive low point totals and have a minimal chance of being funded.
Please note that by submission of this application you agree that if you receive URG funding that you will present your research during Student Research Day.
General Information Needed
Project Title:
Faculty Advisor:
Amount Requested:
Student Information
Name:
PUID:
Email Address:
Have you ever received an Undergraduate Research Grant?
If yes, when?
Abstract: (Short summary of the proposal)
Have you previously received funding through URG? If so, when? If the project has been previously funded by the URG, the applicant must present the results of the previous project showing the effective use of URG funds and clearly state why additional funding is required. Failure to provide
Body of the Research Proposal
- Research Problem (Question to be investigated):
State the problem that the research is trying to solve, or write a question that the results of the research will try to answer.
- Significance (Rationale):
Give a statement on how this project is unique. Describe what new information you are trying to be discover; or what new process is being used or what new type of analysis is being used on the problem. Describe what aspects of this work make it different from work done before.
Give a statement on how this research fits within the general body of knowledge – previous work by others. Cite the references for the information
Describe how this work fits within the community of PUC, is it for a class, is it for a competition, is it a continuation of other work, is it part of an overall faculty project or something else.
- Objectives (Outcomes):
Explain what is expected to be learned from this work. Explain what is the measurable result that can be looked at when the project is done, such as; a piece of information, a constructed material, a method to analyze something or new analysis of old information. What specifically are you planning to accomplish during this project. This work may try to answer the proposed research question, or it could be looking at only a part of the larger question.
- Methods and Activities (Plan):
State what techniques and methods will be used to perform the research. Describe what specific instrumentation or software you will use. Explain how you will analyze the results.
- Dissemination of Results:
State if there are any plans to share the results through a publication, presentation, performance or exhibit outside PUC. Describe if the results of the work will end up being part of a larger study and that larger study will end up being published.
- Indicate whether this project involves Human Subjects.
If yes, student must obtain IRB approval - Student will receive 2 points if IRB approval already obtained; Due to the length of the IRB approval process, student whose projects require IRB approval but have not begun the process will not be eligible for this grant.
Projects NOT requiring IRB approval will receive 2 points.
Purdue Policy for conducting Human Subjects Research:
To ensure the safe and ethical conduct of research involving human subjects at Purdue University, all Purdue faculty, staff, and students who conduct research involving human subjects must be familiar with and understand the underlying ethical principles, federal and state laws and regulations, and policies and procedures that compose Purdue University’s Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). To document the necessary familiarity and understanding, all Purdue faculty, staff, and students who wish to conduct research involving human subjects must be certified as having completed appropriate formal training and education before an application and protocol in which they they are named will be approved or determinded exempt by one of Purdue University’s Institutional Review Boards, or their designees.
Budget Format
At the end is the budget for the application. Place each budget item into one of the following categories. Give an actual or estimated cost for each item listed. Describe the function of each budget item and state why it is necessary. You must have a detailed budget.
Categories:
Consumable Materials:
Materials that will be consumed during the process of the research program.
Examples are chemicals for reactions, materials and components to be manufactured into a product or art supplies needed to create a project.
Capital Materials:
Materials that will not be consumed during the research program and will remain with PUC after the research program is completed
Examples are books, software or instrumentation
Travel:
Travel to a location to perform research or gather data not available at PUC
Examples are travel to use an instrument, to get information from a library or museum, to visit someone for an interview and to observe the subjects of interest, such as being at a town council meeting discussing the topic of the research or listening to a presentation on the subject. This is not for presenting the research.
Cost for Use:
To supplement the cost for the use of some equipment
Examples are costs to send a sample away for analysis that cannot be done at PUC, to use a piece of equipment at another location or to get time on a supercomputer.
Example of Submitted Budget
Consumable Materials:
3 Tanks of N2 gas $80.00 each
N2 gas is needed to have an inert atmosphere in the furnace to prevent oxidation during heating.
1 kg copper powder ~ $100 for purchase and shipping
Copper powder is used to infiltrate into the iron matrix
Travel:
2 visits to Illinois Institute of Technology $20 for mileage, $22 for tolls and $20 for parking
Need to use the tensile press and die at IIT to make tensile samples
