Summer Research Proposals
The UScholars program serves as a student’s primary co-curricular research commitment. As such, the program provides financial support sufficient to enable students to conduct their research full-time over the summer with focus only on the UScholars research project, without commitments to or financial support from other opportunities.
All UScholars in good academic and student conduct standing pursuing any type of project are eligible to apply for funds to cover the costs of their summer research. Also, to be eligible to apply, all applicants must attend the spring funding workshop prior to the summer for which they are requesting funding. A majority of the UScholars Faculty Steering Committee must approve a proposal for it to receive funding. Upon initial submission, proposals are expected to be complete according to the guidelines stated below. However, in keeping with the UScholars educational mission, the committee has the option of requesting that an insufficient proposal be revised and resubmitted for further consideration.
Proposal Components
Online Funding Proposal Form
Faculty Mentor's Letter
Timeline
Summer research funding proposals must be completed and submitted via an online form by no later than March 1.
All summer research funding recipients must submit a progress report approved by the student’s research advisor or mentor via an online form by no later than Sept. 1. Additionally, they must present their research at the Fall Research Expo following their summer research.
Training Proposals
Although many UScholars will be actively engaged in research projects during their first year at Penn, an occasional UScholar would benefit from additional training before applying for research support. This training might include, for example, learning specialized laboratory or field techniques or participating in intensive language training. In these cases, the UScholar may submit a research proposal for summer
training. Normally, these proposals are limited to rising sophomores and must be clearly linked to a specific future research project. The UScholar must have a research advisor who is a member of the Penn faculty (with tenure or in tenure-probationary status: Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor) and who, in a supporting letter, must describe the importance of the training for a specific future research project and agree to guide the student over the summer during which the training takes place.
*Please note: this application is not mobile-friendly and should only be accessed using a computer web browser.*
University Scholars (UScholars) Summer Research Funding Spring 2024
Summer Research Proposals
The UScholars program serves as a student’s primary co-curricular research commitment. As such, the program provides financial support sufficient to enable students to conduct their research full-time over the summer with focus only on the UScholars research project, without commitments to or financial support from other opportunities.
All UScholars in good academic and student conduct standing pursuing any type of project are eligible to apply for funds to cover the costs of their summer research. Also, to be eligible to apply, all applicants must attend the spring funding workshop prior to the summer for which they are requesting funding. A majority of the UScholars Faculty Steering Committee must approve a proposal for it to receive funding. Upon initial submission, proposals are expected to be complete according to the guidelines stated below. However, in keeping with the UScholars educational mission, the committee has the option of requesting that an insufficient proposal be revised and resubmitted for further consideration.
Proposal Components
Online Funding Proposal Form
Faculty Mentor's Letter
Timeline
Summer research funding proposals must be completed and submitted via an online form by no later than March 1.
All summer research funding recipients must submit a progress report approved by the student’s research advisor or mentor via an online form by no later than Sept. 1. Additionally, they must present their research at the Fall Research Expo following their summer research.
Training Proposals
Although many UScholars will be actively engaged in research projects during their first year at Penn, an occasional UScholar would benefit from additional training before applying for research support. This training might include, for example, learning specialized laboratory or field techniques or participating in intensive language training. In these cases, the UScholar may submit a research proposal for summer
training. Normally, these proposals are limited to rising sophomores and must be clearly linked to a specific future research project. The UScholar must have a research advisor who is a member of the Penn faculty (with tenure or in tenure-probationary status: Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor) and who, in a supporting letter, must describe the importance of the training for a specific future research project and agree to guide the student over the summer during which the training takes place.
*Please note: this application is not mobile-friendly and should only be accessed using a computer web browser.*