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Undergraduate Research Awards


Undergraduate Research Awards provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.

Start NOW to prepare a high quality research proposal

Deadline Dates

  • Monday, February 3, 2014 – First day Undergraduate Research Award proposals will be accepted.
  • Thursday, February 27, 2014, 5:00 p.m. – Deadline for submission of Undergraduate Research Award proposals, including letter and form faculty support.
  • March 10 – 14, 2014 – Undergraduate Research Award faculty review committees meet.
  • Wednesday, March 26, 2014 – Applicants are notified of selection discussions.
  • Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – The 2014-2015 Undergraduate Research Award Scholars and their advisors are introduced at URCAD.
  • May, 2014 – New URA Scholars contract signing
  • July 1, 2014 – April, 2015 – Award period.

"There is so much more to being a URA Scholar than just conducting independent research; it is a community dedicated to individual student success and achievement."

Workshops

Workshop icon11/22: How to Write a Strong URA Proposal

Academic IV-A Building Rm. 108 | 12:00 - 12:50

12/5: How to Write a Strong URA Proposal

Academic IV-A Building Rm. 114  | 3 - 4 p.m.

 


Forms

Forms icon2013 Application Forms can be found on the forms page.

For more information:
Janet McGlynn
Director of Communication and Outreach
mcglynn@umbc.edu | (410) 455-5754

or

Devon Fick
Administrative Assistant
dfick1@umbc.edu | (410) 455-5513

 

Student research and creative projects have included:

"Communism and Censorship: A Stunting of Albania's Literary Culture or the Birthing of a Unique National Movement?" “Comparing Procedure, Evidentiary Rules, and Sentencing in Three World War II POW War Crimes Trials”

“Moving to Water?”

The Undergraduate Research Awards program is funded and managed by the Office of Undergraduate Education. Approximately $72,000 in funding was awarded in May 2011. The program began in 1995 – 1996 as an initiative of the Office of the Provost.