The Office of the Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning are pleased to announce an initiative that will fund Undergraduate Research and Mentoring projects at Queens College during the Spring 2010 semester. This initiative is based on a successful program that ran from 1994 until 2004. This year’s re-launch constitutes a pilot, to show proof of interest from our faculty and students. The initiative will fund outstanding activities in which undergraduates and faculty collaborate in research or other scholarly or creative work. Faculty from all academic disciplines are invited to apply.
Due to the volume of submissions, award notifications have not yet been made; we anticipate to notify all submitters by November 20, 2009. Please watch this space for updates. (Submitters will be notified by email.)
Funded projects will require sign-off from department chair.
Funding period – January-August 2010
Proposal review committee – Stephen Pekar (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences), Kristin Celello (History), Edward Smaldone (Aaron Copland School of Music), Dean Savage (Sociology), Eva Fernández (Center for Teaching & Learning)
Expectations – Successful projects will enable faculty mentors to integrate their research interests in ways that will not only promote their scholarship, but also provide for students intellectual engagement and exciting interaction with the discipline. Successful projects will also foster the development of new skill sets in students, via their participation in writing abstracts or papers, reporting research at conferences, or exhibiting or performing their work.
Dissemination – Toward the end of the funding period, we will ask award recipients to provide a brief summary of the outcomes of their project(s), including accomplishments and future directions. We are also planning a mini-conference, in September 2010, to highlight the work carried out by the undergraduates involved in the awards, and will disseminate information about the most successful projects electronically and in Queens College promotional literature.
