IPHY Undergraduate Research Award

Eligibility

  • Students must be IPHY degree-seeking undergraduates at the University of Colorado Boulder to apply for the IPHY UG Research Grant funding and should not plan to graduate before the end of the proposed award semester.
  • Studentsmust be supervised by an eligible IPHY faculty mentor, who is a tenured/tenure-track faculty, research faculty, or a contract instructor within IPHY at the University of Colorado Boulder. Graduate students or post-docs may serve in a supervisory role on this student award, but the faculty mentor must provide some direct mentoring to the undergraduate.

Description

  • The IPHY Undergraduate Research Award will provide funding of up to $2000 for the duration of one summer, or $1000 per fall or spring semester, to support students working in a lab.
  • This award is not intended to provide money for research supplies or other research-related expenses.
  • This award will support up to 4 students per summer or semester.
  • Students cannot receive both a UROP and IPHY Undergraduate Research Award at the same time

Timeline

  • The IPHY awards committee will accept applications on an ongoing basis.
  • Each application is for one semester only (Fall, Spring, or Summer).
  • The deadline for Fall applications is Aug. 1, Spring applications is Jan. 1 and Summer applications is May 1.

Compliance

  • Human Subjects. Projects involving human subjects may require approval by the CU IRB and involve additional steps in the application process. Students: Talk to your mentor as soon as possible and review the resources and guidelines on the .
  • Animal Subjects. Projects involving animal subjects may require approval by the CU IACUC and involve additional steps in the application and award process. Students: Talk to your mentor as soon as possible and review the resources and guidelines on the .

Review Process

  • Proposals will be evaluated by the IPHY awards committee.
  • Applicants will be notified of the award committee's decision within 3 weeks after the deadline.

Application

  • Please use the online application form.  Note: Students should only submit this application after consultation with their faculty mentor/Principal Investigator.