icru fellows program

(academic year and summer)

The ICRU Fellows program allows mentors to hire one ICRU student as an assistant to work on a specific project for up to one academic year and/or summer. Approximately 150 students are appointed each year. Student assistants are selected by mentors to work in areas such as research, lab work, manuscript editing, data collection, etc. Students selected for the program must be undergraduates of at least sophomore status and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Students must be enrolled fulltime during the acdemic year and activly pursing a degree (but not necessarily registered) for the summer session. Students are paid a stipend of $1250 per fall or spring semester and $2500 for academic year or summer research and work at least 10 hours per week during the school year and 20 hours per week in the summer. Mentors can select one student for this program.

Faculty members in all disciplines are encouraged to consider involving an undergraduate in their research projects. Proposals that seek to involve students in intellectual scholarly work, experimental and laboratory-based research, and/or creative work in the arts are eligible. Applications that fully engage the student in the work, from contemplation of the work, through analysis and presentation of results, are of most interest. Work that can lead to an honors thesis, publication, or other form of recognition for the student is encouraged. Proposals that involve a student in only a limited aspect of a project, such as retrieving references or assaying samples, will not receive priority but may be funded. Regular opportunities for the student to interact with and be mentored by the sponsoring faculty is crucial in all cases.

Because the ICRU Fellow Scholarship is project-based, ICRU will not indicate a required number of work hours or starting/finishing dates. Each mentor should work with the student to find a timeline that fits best with the project. For those that need a guideline, ICRU advocates for roughly 10 hours (academic year) or 20 hours (summer) per week of scholarly activity. These normally are conducted using the university calendar/semester guidelines.

Next Funding Opportunity:

ICRU fellows summer - Applications due Wednesday, March 28, 2012
ICRU fellows academic year - Applications due Friday, April 13, 2012

Application Information - Mentors (not students) apply for this award.

Congratulations to the 2011-2012

ICRU Fellows and their mentors