| | ERC Funding | Project Funding | Presentation Funding | Mentoring Grant |
Description | Funding
for early career undergraduate students to be introduced to mentored research
or creative work | Funding
for undergraduate students to conduct a mentored research or creative work
project | 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 | Funding
for mentor to support undergraduate students to conduct research and creative
work in the summer |
Intended for | Undergraduate
students with little or no mentored research or creative work experience, but
who are motivated to explore it | Undergraduate
students with sufficient academic training and motivation to write a
compelling proposal and to conduct research or creative work with a mentor | Undergraduate
students who have already completed a mentored research or creative work and
are ready to present that work off campus | 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) |
Application Process |
Application Cycle | Spring
(2/2-3/3) Fall
(9/9-10/10) | Spring
(2/2-3/3) Fall
(9/9-10/10) | Rolling
deadline (must submit application before the event date; 3 months prior to
the event date recommended). | Late Fall to early Spring |
Maximum Funding Request | $1,500
per semester or $3,000 for two semesters for individual | $5,000
max for individual $10,000
max for 2-10 member group | $2,000
max for individual $4,000
max for 2 member group $5,000
max for 3-10 member group | $5,000
max per student OR $10,000 max for 2 or more students |
Applicant | Student | Mentor |
Funding Disbursed To | Student | Mentor |
Funding Type | Merit-based
Scholarship (financial aid) | RTRF |
Funding Disbursement Semester/Time | Semester
after application semester (summer option available for spring applicants) | 2-3
months after application submission | May |
Student Eligibility | Mentored
by a UHM mentor who meets the eligibility
criteria |
Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester following the
application semester (funding disbursement semester) | Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester of presentation | Classified
undergraduate student at UHM who will not have graduated before the end of summer |
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) | 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) | Not
have already presented the proposed presentation off campus with UROP funding
| Cannot
be concurrently funded with UROP Project Funding |
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 | Submit
no more than one application per Project funding cycle | Presenting
at an off-campus venue or an on-campus event run by a non-UH entity | |
Have
more than 45 credits remaining in their bachelor’s degree program at the time
of application | | Be
the presenting author(s) of the work | |
Mentor Eligibility | 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 |
Student and Mentor
Expectations |
Proposal and Application Submission | Students
are expected to complete the application with guidance from a mentor | Students
are expected to write the proposal with input and guidance from their mentor | Students
are expected to write the proposal and with input and guidance from their
mentor | Mentor
writes the proposal and submits the application. Mentors do not need to have
the student mentee recruited at the time of application |
Timeline | Students
pick 1 or 2 semesters | Students propose a project timeline | Students propose a presentation timeline | Summer |
Project Idea | Students
participate in activities facilitated by the mentor | 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) | Students
participate in projects initiated by the faculty mentor |
Completion Requirements | Students
are required to submit all ERC completion requirements | Students
are required to submit all project completion requirements | Students
are required to submit all presentation completion requirements | Students
are required to present at the SURE Symposium |
