Standard Award Amounts

Fall or spring semester award

• Maximum student stipend amount: $1,200
• Maximum expenses-only amount: $1,000
• If requesting funds for both stipend and expenses, maximum amount: $1,500

Summer award

• Maximum student stipend amount: $3,000
• Maximum expenses-only amount: $500
• If requesting funds for both stipend and expenses, maximum amount: $3,000

Faculty applicants will be asked to specify their budget requests on the faculty application. Requests for additional expense funds will be considered for special cases.

Note: Students may not receive both academic credit and stipend funds for the same research project in a given term.

Sources

Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Program is supported by the College of Engineering and by various corporate and alumni sponsors. Although much of our funding is available for undergraduate students pursuing research projects in engineering without additional specifications, some of our sponsors have targeted their gifts to support students from specific demographic groups within the college or projects within specific areas of inquiry. Below we provide brief descriptions of each of our current funding sources. On the application, you will be asked to select any specialized funding sources for which your project meets the eligibility requirements. Applicants must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in the College of Engineering.

• BD Medical
• Cisco
• Robert A. Cowie '55 ME
• Major Ralph Garrick Hay '80 AEP: Supports one or more AEP undergraduates per year.
• Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Education Alliance  with support from the Intel Foundation: Supports projects in areas related to the semiconductor or information and communications technology industries
• Lockheed Martin
• James Moore ’62 EE: Supports open topics in engineering.

In special cases, applications for targeted funds may be reviewed by funding source representatives.