To support access to undergraduate research for more students than have traditionally participated, funding is available through the Tomorrow’s Engineers fund from Dolese for approximately 20-25 undergraduate research fellowships. These fellowships are available for summer, fall, and spring terms. The two different fellowship opportunities are:
To complete a proposal, a student must collaborate with their current or potential research mentor. The fellowships are not intended to fund Honors Research.
Proposals are due the semester prior to the work: 2nd Monday in March for Summer, 2nd Monday in April for Fall, and 2nd Monday in November for Spring.
*Read the guidelines carefully for what information is required, including budget guidelines.
The OU Honors college has two different funding opportunities for undergraduate research:
The UReCA Summer Fellowship is intended to provide support to enable students to perform undergraduate research and creative activity over a ten-week period during the summer. The UReCA Summer Fellowships are open to all students in any discipline supervised by a faculty mentor. The research and creative activity performed over the summer should result in a thesis, journal article, presentation, show, or performance that contributes to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and creative works. The UReCA Summer Fellowship provides a $4,250 stipend for the student and $750 to the faculty mentor to help support the student research and creative activity. Please review and use the guidelines to aid with your proposal.
