Applications are open through May 15th!
ur.umbc.edu/ura
*Special information related to Covid-19:
There
are many changes happening to student research as a result of the
Covid-19 pandemic and campus closure. The URA selection committee has
some advice to encourage you to apply for a URA and start to plan your
research, even if there are some unknowns for the summer and fall
semesters.
1.
We have moved the application deadline back to May 15, 2020 in order to
give students some extra time to prepare their research proposals.
2.
Some research that was scheduled to start this summer may be delayed
until the fall or spring semester- that's ok! The URA is good for the
entire year, June 1-2020 to May 31, 2121. You can complete the research
at any point during that time frame.
3.
Our expectations for a final product are fluid and relaxed. If the
research plan doesn't work out exactly as you proposed, that's ok- it's
the nature of doing research.
4.
Be creative in the ways you think about your project. You may have to
focus instead on doing a thorough literature review, using a pre-formed
data set to analyze, or looking at case studies, rather than collecting
in-person data, or conducting research in a lab.
5.
Methods such as lab benchwork, participant observations, focus groups,
travel-related, in-person interviews, or other real-time collection
methods may need some re-thinking. How can you collect data via online
interviews, the internet, or other technological interventions?
6.
Creative arts projects may incorporate some kind of online delivery
method. We are hoping to be back on campus for URCAD 2021, but consider
how VoiceThread might be used to display your creative work.
Remember:
URAs
provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their
research, scholarship, 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.
ur.umbc.edu/ura
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Applications require a research proposal and mentor statement of support.
Speciality URAs will be awarded to Social Scientists and Entrepreneurs- see website for more details.