Entering Research & Creative Work
Project Funding
Presentation Funding
Entering Research & Creative Work
Tips:
- Work closely with your mentor
- Provide advanced notice for your mentor (e.g., minimum two weeks advanced notice when requesting for application review and ERC Mentor Form submission)
- Thoroughly review the UROP application guidelines in full (even if you are a repeat applicant)
- Utilize resources provided by UROP
- Attend an Information Session
- Email urop@hawaii.edu with any questions
- Review the Funding Recipient and the Completion sections to learn about what happens if applicants are accepted for funding
Project Funding
Tips:
- Work closely with your mentor
- Provide advanced notice for your mentor (e.g., minimum two weeks advanced notice when requesting for application review and Project Mentor Form submission)
- Thoroughly review the UROP application guidelines in full (even if you are a repeat applicant or have a group member who is)
- Utilize resources provided by UROP, including sample budget tables, rubrics, etc.
- Plan ahead and work on training/research compliance as early as possible (earlier than you might imagine)
- Attend an Information Session
- Email urop@hawaii.edu with any questions
- Review the Funding Recipient and the Completion sections to learn about what happens if applicants are accepted for funding
Common mistakes that disqualify an application in the preliminary review stage include:
- Going over the word count limit
- Graduating in the application semester
- Proposing to conduct all or most of the research/creative work in the application semester (i.e. timeline must consist of at least one semester or summer following the application semester)
- Requesting for more funding than the allowed amount
- Group applicants omitting individual budgets
Common mistakes that may not disqualify an application but could reduce chances of getting funding:
- Providing insufficient justification for a budget item
- Not itemizing each item in the Budget Table (each budget line should consist of one item or one line item in a receipt)
- Omitting a Stipend Table (when requesting for a stipend)
- Omitting a Summary Table
- Providing a Budget Table that does not fit within a Word document with 1-inch margins all around
- Miscalculating the total budget amount.
- Providing inconsistent budget calculations across the Project Funding Application, Applicant Information Form, Budget Table, and Summary Table
- No or inadequate clarification of stipend overlap, if any
- Providing insufficient details/not fully answering a question (e.g., training/research compliance, previous application history, etc.)
Presentation Funding
Tips:
- Work closely with your mentor/recommendation provider
- Provide advanced notice for your mentor/recommendation provider (e.g., minimum two weeks advanced notice when requesting for application review and Presentation Recommendation Form submission)
- Thoroughly review the UROP application guidelines in full (even if you are a repeat applicant or have a group member who is)
- Utilize resources provided by UROP, including sample budget tables, rubrics, etc.
- Plan ahead and work on training/research compliance as early as possible (earlier than you might imagine)
- Attend an Information Session
- Email urop@hawaii.edu with any questions
- Review the Funding Recipient and the Completion sections to learn about what happens if applicants are accepted for funding
Common mistakes that disqualify an application in the preliminary review stage include:
- Going over the word count limit
- Proposing to present after graduating
- Requesting for funding for presentation that has already been done
- Requesting for more funding than the allowed amount
- Group applicants omitting individual budgets
Common mistakes that may not disqualify an application but could reduce chances of getting funding:
- Providing insufficient justification for a budget item
- Not itemizing each item in the Budget Table (each budget line should consist of one item or one line item in a receipt)
- Omitting a Stipend Table (when requesting for a stipend)
- Omitting a Summary Table
- Providing a Budget Table that does not fit within a Word document with 1-inch margins all around
- Miscalculating the total budget amount.
- Providing inconsistent budget calculations across the Presentation Funding Application, Applicant Information Form, Budget Table, and Summary Table
- No or inadequate clarification of stipend overlap, if any
- Providing insufficient details/not fully answering a question (e.g., training/research compliance, previous application history, etc.)