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Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6195
Fax: 910.521.6606
Email: purc@uncp.edu

Location: Old Main, Room 204
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Undergraduate Scholar Assistantships

Undergraduate Scholar Assistantships (USA) are offered each semester to support students working with faculty members on their scholarly projects.  Requests for these assistantships may include up to $1,200 ($10/hour, 10 hours/week, 12 weeks/semester) for student stipend (a maximum of $2,400/academic year) and up to $500 for research supplies or related expenses.  USA are funded in part by a grant through the Department of Education- Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (DOE-NASNTI).

 

Procedure for USA proposals:

  1. Proposal must be prepared by the faculty mentor and acknowledged by the Department Chair before proposal submission.  Only one application per investigator, and one application per project, is allowed.
  2. Candidates should deliver their completed application packet (preferably in MS Word document or a PDF) via email to purc@uncp.edu  by December 7, 2012. 
  • Each application must include a completed cover page.
  • A statement that describes your proposed research/creative activity, thesis or project. Please limit this portion of the application to two pages.
  1. For beginning research: purpose, hypothesis, significance, your role in a larger project (if applicable) and methodology;
  2. For ongoing research: purpose, hypothesis, significance, your role in a larger project (if applicable) methodology, preliminary results;
  3. For creative activity: purpose, significance, medium, anticipated venues for presentation/performance
  • A budget justification:
  1. project costs
  2. amount  requested
  3. other sources of funding
  4. stipend justification (e.g. how will the student’s efforts be quantified?) 

Evaluation:

A committee made up of PURC Councilors will review applications and will evaluate proposals on clarity, significance and relevance. All applicants will receive notification by email regarding the status of their applications as soon as possible after the review.  Some applications may be awarded at a reduced level.

Responsibilities:

A one-page written report summarizing the results of the project must be submitted to the PURC Center Director by end of the semester.

  • All funds must be spent within the fiscal year
  • Recipients of these grants will incur an obligation to submit a final report due at the end of the award period or in conjunction with a request for extension.
  • Each awardee will be expected to participate in the annual PURC Symposium.

 

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Incomplete applications will be returned without review.

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