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ERC Funding
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Project Funding
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Presentation Funding
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Mentoring Grant
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Description
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Funding
for early career undergraduate students to be introduced to mentored research
or creative work
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Funding
for undergraduate students to conduct a mentored research or creative work
project
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Funding
for undergraduate students to present their completed research or creative project
at a local, national, or international conference, exhibition, or an
equivalent presentation venue
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Funding
for mentor to support undergraduate students to conduct research and creative
work in the summer
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Intended for
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Undergraduate
students with little or no mentored research or creative work experience, but
who are motivated to explore it
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Undergraduate
students with sufficient academic training and motivation to write a
compelling proposal and to conduct research or creative work with a mentor
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Undergraduate
students who have already completed a mentored research or creative work and
are ready to present that work off campus
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Mentor
interested in mentoring undergraduate research or creative work in the summer
with financial support from UROP (note that all support must go to the
students)
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Application Process
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Application Cycle
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Spring
(2/2-3/3)
Fall
(9/9-10/10)
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Spring
(2/2-3/3)
Fall
(9/9-10/10)
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Rolling
deadline (must submit application before the event date; 3 months prior to
the event date recommended).
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Late Fall to early Spring
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Maximum Funding Request
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$1,500
per semester or $3,000 for two semesters for individual
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$5,000
max for individual
$10,000
max for 2-10 member group
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$2,000
max for individual
$4,000
max for 2 member group
$5,000
max for 3-10 member group
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$5,000
max per student OR $10,000 max for 2 or more students
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Applicant
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Student
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Mentor
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Funding Disbursed To
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Student
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Mentor
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Funding Type
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Merit-based
Scholarship (financial aid)
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RTRF
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Funding Disbursement Semester/Time
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Semester
after application semester (summer option available for spring applicants)
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2-3
months after application submission
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May
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Student Eligibility
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Mentored
by a UHM mentor who meets the eligibility
criteria
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Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester following the
application semester (funding disbursement semester)
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Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester of presentation
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Classified
undergraduate student at UHM who will not have graduated before the end of summer
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Have
no more than one active ERC funding at a time (if you previously received ERC
funding, you must satisfy all ERC completion requirements in the completion
semester prior to the new ERC’s semester of funding disbursement)
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Have
no more than one active UROP project at a time (if you previously received UROP
Project funding, you must satisfy all UROP project completion requirements in
the completion semester prior to the new project’s semester of funding
disbursement)
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Not
have already presented the proposed presentation off campus with UROP funding
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Cannot
be concurrently funded with UROP Project Funding
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Submit
no more than one application per ERC funding cycle, and no more than a total
of $3,000 over two semesters for any given student
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Submit
no more than one application per Project funding cycle
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Presenting
at an off-campus venue or an on-campus event run by a non-UH entity
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Have
more than 60 credits remaining in their bachelor’s degree program at the time
of application
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Be
the presenting author(s) of the work
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Mentor Eligibility
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UHM
faculty (I/R/S/B/A/J/M tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure
track faculty) OR have submitted and been granted a Mentor
Eligibility Petition
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Student and Mentor
Expectations
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Proposal and Application Submission
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Students
are expected to complete the application with guidance from a mentor
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Students
are expected to write the proposal with input and guidance from their mentor
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Students
are expected to write the proposal and with input and guidance from their
mentor
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Mentor
writes the proposal and submits the application. Mentors do not need to have
the student mentee recruited at the time of application
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Timeline
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Students
pick 1 or 2 semesters
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Students propose a project timeline
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Students propose a presentation timeline
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Summer
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Project Idea
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Students
participate in activities facilitated by the mentor
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Project
can be student-initiated (i.e., student comes up with a completely original
project idea) or mentor-initiated (i.e., mentor oversees a large project and
a student carves out a part of that project that they are primarily
responsible for)
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Students
participate in projects initiated by the faculty mentor
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Completion Requirements
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Students
are required to submit all ERC completion requirements
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Students
are required to submit all project completion requirements
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Students
are required to submit all presentation completion requirements
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Students
are required to present at the SURE Symposium
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