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Scholarship Description
The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) is directed through the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and administered by the URC/CARE. In this program, each undergraduate research scholar typically receives an annual scholarship of $2,500 - $5,000 obtained from foundations, industry, and individual donors. These awards are made to continuing students (junior level standing and higher) who have a strong commitment to research or creative activity, and who are committed to completing an honors thesis or a comprehensive 199 project during their senior year. Some of the awards will be for all continuing students, and some will be available only to transfer students.Profiles of 2008-2009 URSP recipients
Eligibility
- Junior level standing or higher (at least 90 units but no more than 175 units by Fall, 2009)
- 3.25 GPA or higher
Requirements
Commitment to completing a departmental Honors Thesis or comprehensive research project
A complete application includes
- Application form and academic plan
- Two page statement describing your proposed research project
- Letter of support from your faculty research mentor (to be sent by separate cover)
Deadline
Applications for the 2009-2010 academic year are due June 15, 2009
Incomplete and/or illegible applications will not be reviewed. Make sure that you have completed every item on the application legibly. All communication will be sent via e-mail.
Faculty letters should be submitted to:
Dr. Judith Smith
Vice Provost
Office of the Provost and Deans
College of Letters and Science
2300 Murphy Hall
Mailcode: 143801
or send by email to:
judis@college.ucla.edu
It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the faculty letter is received by the June 15 deadline in Dr. Smith's office. Please be sure to contact your faculty mentor EARLY to ensure that the letter is submitted on time on your behalf.
Application
The 2009 Application will be Available Online, More Information is Forthcoming
Please Read these Application Instructions Carefully:
1) Start your submission by TBD. This will reveal if there are any technical issues.
To access the application:
- Go to my.ucla.edu and LOGIN.
- Click on the Undergraduate Research link, listed under my.ucla features
- Click on the 'Submit Application' button under URSP.
2) Check that your faculty mentor's name shows up on the list. This name must be the Principal Investigator of the lab, not the graduate student or Post-Doc you might usually work with.
If his/her name does not appear, email Mike Flaxman (mflaxman@lifesci.ucla.edu) immediately.
3) Check that the system lets you submit an application. Some students will receive a message that they are "ineligible."
You will receive this message if:
If you received an error message due to not submitting a FAFSA:
If this happens, email Dr. Hasson your application information.
The information you must email Dr. Hasson is everything you would have submitted online:
Please click HERE to view instructions on what to email Dr. Hasson. VERY important!!
-You have not submitted a FAFSA (and your units and GPA are ok). In this case, you must make an appointment with us to have your application manually submitted by our office. See below for more details.
or
-If you did submit a FAFSA, but your GPA is too low or you do not meet the unit requirements.
For more information and questions, please contact:
Dr. Tama Hasson
URC/CARE Director
tama@lifesci.ucla.edu
***IMPORTANT FINANCIAL AID IMPLICATIONS***
Undergraduate Research Scholars will be part of your overall financial aid package. This means that is you receive an award, the Financial Aid office will adjust your financial aid package to ensure that you do not exceed your financial aid eligibility. If such an adjustment is made, loans and work-study award are reduced first, prior to grant or other scholarship reductions
