Undergraduate Research & Creativity Grants
Grants are available on a competitive basis to support undergraduate and international undergraduate research and creativity activities to all full-time (12+ credits) and part-time (1-11 credits) UW-L undergraduates. Two competitions are held each year—one during fall semester and one during spring semester.
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Award Amounts:
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Domestic individual projects; $2,000 total of which up to $1,000 can be a student stipend.
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Domestic collaborative projects; $2,500 of which up to $1,500 can be student stipends.
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International individual projects; $3,500 of which up to $1,000 can be a student stipend.
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International collaborative projects; $4,000 of which up to $1,500 can be student stipends.
The remainder of the funds requested should be used for supplies, travel, books and instructional materials and other expenses required for execution of the research project.
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Money for all categories will be awarded within six weeks of the award date.
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Stipend and travel funds will be mailed to the student. If the travel funds will be used for airfare, the funds will be distributed in two installments: the first upfront and the second upon sending evidence of ticket purchase to the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creativity.
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Funds for supplies, software, and books will be given to the primary mentor's department, and all purchases will be made through the department.
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Students may use up to $50 for poster printing for presentation of the proposed research.
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Incentives given to research participants must not exceed more than 10% of the total grant award.
Undergraduate Research Guidelines:
| Spending Deadlines | All funding must be expended by one year after the award date. |
| Enrollment Guidelines | Requests for the proposal Google docs for the Fall Cycle must be received by Wednesday, October 9. Grant proposals must be submitted by Wednesday, October 16. |
| Notification
of Award |
The Office of Undergraduate Research
& Creativity will notify award
recipients, typically within 6 weeks of grant submission.
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| Eligibility | UW-L full or part-time
undergraduate students who are
not graduating during
the semester in which they are applying for grant funds. |
| Restrictions | Funding will not be available for any work already completed,
for travel to present research findings at conferences or for
publication printing fees. |
If funded, students are required to:
1. Complete a verification of travel form upon purchasing flight
ticket to get the rest of your travel funds.
Adobe PDF version
MS Word version (if applicable).
2. Present the results of their work at
Celebration 2014, held in
the spring semester. RECEIVING A GRANT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY
REGISTER YOU FOR CELEBRATION. You must submit an abstract.
3. Submit a
FINAL REPORT to the Office of Undergraduate Research &
Creativity.
I. INTRODUCTION
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is pleased to provide
funding on a competitive basis to support meaningful,
campus-wide, undergraduate research and creativity activities.
Students should carefully read the information that follows and
submit proposals that adhere to these guidelines.
The Undergraduate Research and Creativity Committee equally welcomes single- or
multiple-discipline proposals. This Committee recognizes that
different disciplines call for different methods of inquiry.
Methodologies used in the physical and social sciences will
likely be different from those of the arts and humanities.
Nonetheless, all proposals will need to meet certain general
criteria. Ideally, research projects will result in some form of
publication or a product that may be presented and disseminated
through other acceptable means of communication or expression.
You may pursue projects during free time in the summer, between
semesters and/or in conjunction with advanced (independent
study/research) coursework for which credit might be earned.
Multiple investigators may submit a single proposal and may work
collaboratively on one research project.
II. COMPLIANCES
Researchers should be aware of the various regulations and
compliances to which the University must adhere. Any students
with questions about protocols may contact the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs located at 220 Morris Hall.
1.Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR): All grant recipients
must complete RCR training before receiving their funds. More
information can be found at
http://www.uwlax.edu/grants/compliance/RCR.htm
2.Institutional Review Board (IRB): All undergraduates
conducting research involving human subjects must complete IRB
protocol. More information can be found at
http://www.uwlax.edu/grants/compliance/IRB.htm
3.BioSafety (IBC): More information can be found at
http://www.uwlax.edu/grants/compliance/IBC.htm
4.Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC): More
information can be found at
http://www.uwlax.edu/labanimal/iacuc.htm
III. PROPOSAL WRITING GUIDELINES
To request application documents, follow the enrollment guidelines in the table above. You will receive access to a folder containing the two Google documents below. Upon receiving the Google documents, you will automatically be enrolled in the grant application process. All of the instructions and required information can be viewed in these two documents.
While writing your proposal, make sure to keep in mind the
Most Common Grant Writing Mistakes.
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