Student Research Fellowships The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement supports two summer research fellowships, the

Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Fellowships and the Student Research Fellowships. These two programs have separate applications. Please carefully review the program guidelines <http://engage.richmond.edu/students/pdf/research-application-guidelines.pdf> before submitting your application for either of these fellowships. This is the application for the Student Research Fellowships. You and your mentor should discuss the application in its entirety to ensure a mutual understanding before completing your respective parts and then submitting one finalized version of the application that includes both sections. Please make note of specified word limits. Answers in excess of stated word limits will be cropped at the word-limit mark before being given to the Selection Committee to review. Completed applications are due by Monday, February 20, 2012, by 5:00 p.m. Students must also submit a BannerWeb transcript. A recommendation letter from a faculty member, submitted separately, is also required. All application materials should be submitted to Jess Hofbauer at jess.hofbauer@richmond.edu by the application deadline.

If you have questions about the application or about the student research fellowships program, please contact Dr. Sylvia Gale (sgale@richmond.edu or extension 1603). Part I: to be completed in a typed format by the student research fellow applicant and submitted simultaneously, in one document, with Part II

1. Title of proposed project: 2. Student name: 3. Campus mailing address: 4. Campus telephone extension: 5. Cell phone number: 6. E-mail: 7. UR ID: 8. Major(s) 9. Minor(s) 10. Coursework or independent research relevant to this fellowship: 11. Expected graduation date: 12. Are you returning to UR in the 2012-13 academic year? 13. If yes, will you be returning in the fall semester or spring semester?

14. Project description, goals, and significance for civic engagement: Give the project title, background (including brief reference to relevant literature), and main objectives. State carefully the methodology you will employ. Describe the significance of your project for understanding the factors and dynamics contributing to social and civic problems and/or to efforts at addressing them. If applicable, explain what community-identified research need you are addressing. Write for a nonspecialist. (500 words max. Answers in excess of 500 words will be cropped at the 500-word mark before being given to the Selection Committee to review.)

15. Anticipated student outcomes: Specify potential measurable gains in your educational development and/or career preparation. Examples may include publications, conference presentations, graduate or professional school, professional exploration, etc. (250 words max. Answers in excess of 250 words will be cropped at the 250-word mark before being given to the Selection Committee to review.)

16. Anticipated community impact: Describe who you will share this research with upon completion
and speculate about what potential significance it may have for those individuals or communities. If you are addressing a community-identified research need, be specific about how this research will be shared back with the community, and with what potential effects. (250 words max. Answers in excess of 250 words will be cropped at the 250-word mark before being given to the Selection Committee to review.)

17. Timetable: Provide a timetable for the project, including target date for completion. 18. Relevant experience: Please explain any relevant experiences, academic or otherwise, that have
especially prepared you to undertake this project. If you are addressing a community-identified need, please use this space to explain 1) how this need came to your attention and 2) the nature of your connection to the community/ies or community partners it concerns. (250 words max. Answers in excess of 250 words will be cropped at the 250-word mark before being given to the Selection Committee to review.)

19. Other commitments: Please list salary and stipends from other sources for the summer in which
the research project will occur. Applicants may not receive other fellowship or grant support for the ten-week research period that would be supported by this fellowship. Applicants may, however, receive other support for direct material costs incurred as a result of this research. Some limited funds to cover material costs may be available from the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, but applicants are encouraged to seek other sources. Part II: to be completed in a typed format by the mentor (who should be a member of the UR faculty or an otherwise academically qualified staff member) and submitted simultaneously, in one document, with Part I

1. Name of faculty member or other qualified mentor: 2. Mentor's campus mailing address:

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Mentor's campus telephone extension: Mentor's E-mail: Mentor's UR ID: Mentor's UR department or unit: What is the mentors faculty status? (Tenured, Tenure Track, Term Appointment, Other. If other, please explain.)

8. Is the faculty mentor returning to the University of Richmond in fall 2012? 9. Nature of the faculty supervision of the student: Please describe the nature and depth of the supervisory and mentorship activities by the faculty member for the student during the implementation of the proposed project. Please include a description of the frequency and method you will use for communicating with the student (through face-to-face meetings, e-mail correspondence, or phone/Skype conversations).

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Compensation or credit: Faculty members or other qualified staff who do not receive financial or academic (courseload) credit for supervising summer student research projects from other (non-CCE) sources may receive a $1000 stipend from the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement for supervising this project. Will the supervisor be requesting financial compensation from the CCE for undertaking this project? Please explain.