Hi, Deborah!  While I was working at Georgia Souther University a couple of years ago, we held a student competition.  It was in coordination with the faculty research awards.  We allowed a student and faculty to work together on a research project that would eventually be presented to a professional audience.  It was required that the student collaborate with a faculty member.  The competition was very successful!  We had a number of applications, and we were pleasantly surprised at the number of undergraduate students who took a deep interest in conducting research.  I do not have much detailed information to give you, since I am no longer at that institution.  However, in my opinion, requiring the students to collaborate with a faculty member significantly contributed to its success.

Kristy

Kristy Ford
Grant Management Manager
Financial Reporting Administration
Memorial University Medical Center
Savannah, GA  31404
(912)350-6379

>>> Deborah Hofer <xxxxxx@SOU.EDU> 10/23/2008 1:10 PM >>>

Hello all.

Our president wants to implement a 'mini-grant' incentive program to support faculty and student research. We are a small PUI attempting to create and sustain research opportunities for students.

The idea is to utilize a competition and award $500-$1500 to winning applicants for purposes of travel to present at regional, national, or international academic conferences, support for equipment or other items required for a research project, etc.

Do any of you have this type of program? Any suggestions or links to information? What results did you get?

As always, many thanks for your replies.

Deborah d'Este Hofer MM
Grants & Sponsored Programs
Institutional Review Board Administrator
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd
Ashland, OR 97520
Churchill #205
541.552.8662
xxxxxx@sou.edu

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