Jean Shuler research mini-grant

Applications will be accepted on a per semester basis for the academic year. All completed applications will be reviewed by a committee and up to four mini-grants will be awarded each semester. Faculty and students should work together to prepare the requirements listed in the proposal requirements.

Application guidelines

Fall deadline: October 1

Spring deadline: March 1

1. Project description (500 words max). Includes:

• Research question
• Significance of the project to you, your academic discipline, and the university
• Brief context of research that has been done in the topic
• Research methods
• Expected conclusions

2. Role of participants (200 words max)
3. Timeline
4. Dissemination

• Must include presenting at NAU’s Undergraduate Symposium

5. Investigator Biography (200 words max). Includes:

• Experiences you have had that have prepared you for the project
• Training you have received that makes you qualified to carry out the project
• Personal goals and desired learning outcomes

6. Budget
7. Unofficial copy of transcripts
8. Faculty Mentor Recommendation (link sent upon submission of student application). Includes:

• Familiarity with student’s work and proposal
• Quality of student’s work
• The importance of receiving the award to meet the student’s research and educational goals

Students who receive a Jean Shuler Research Mini-Grant will be expected to carry out the research project as described in the proposal.

Funds may only be used for expenditures which specified in the budget appearing in the award notice.

Funded students will be required to participate in NAU’s Undergraduate Symposium in late April.

Recipients will also be required to submit a feedback form within 30 days of completion of the project but no later than May 15 for fall recipients and December 15 for spring recipients.