Hey, you there, working on a research project with a faculty member. Do you need, like, $5,000 to really make this thing happen right? If so, you’re in luck! The GW Undergraduate Research Award offers a $5,000 stipend (plus a $1,000 faculty stipend) to students working on research project with a faculty member in the 2017-2018 academic year.
If you’re a CCAS student, you’ll also be automatically be considered for the Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. What’s better than a 2 for 1?
Appropriate proposals will also be considered for the Cisneros Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which financially supports outstanding undergraduate students interested in conducting research on an issue facing Latinos/Hispanics or the Latino/Hispanic Community under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
The deadline is Wednesday, March 1, so get crackin’!
Category: Competitions
2017 SURE Award Deadline: February 10th
Did you know that Honors students have the exclusive opportunity to win up to $500 for their research? It’s true! Apply to the UHP/Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement Award (SURE) and we might just cut you a check.
We know “Undergraduate Research Enhancement” doesn’t sound that exciting (well, to most people at least, but you are UHPers), but what you can actually do with that money is amazing. Some of last year’s winners used the funds to study youth activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, explore the culture of recycling in Buenos Aires, and present research findings at a national conference!
The application includes:
- Student Application Form,
- Faculty Support Form, and
- Unofficial GW Transcript (no transcripts from GWeb please!).
The possibilities are endless, but the deadline to apply for funds for spring or summer 2017 is Friday, February 10th.
2017 Strasser Writing Prize
The UHP is now accepting your entries for the 2017 Strasser Writing Prize!
The Strasser prize awards a grand prize of $100 and two runner-ups of $50 to the best papers written in any Honors course over the past year. You can only enter one paper, so make sure it’s your best!
Submit your entry here after reading the full rules. Please remember to remove your name from all pages of the paper. The file title must be “LastName_FirstName.” (.doc or .docx only.)
This year’s deadline for entries is Friday, February 3rd, 2017 by 5:00 PM.
The paper is already written! All you have to do is submit it!
Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowships are part of the Columbian College’s efforts to encourage undergraduate research at the university. The Luther Rice Fellows have earned a reputation as being among the brightest CCAS students. If you’re a CCAS student with a research question or project that you are passionate about, definitely consider applying!
This fellowship program invites students from all disciplines to submit faculty-mentored research proposals for the 2016-17 academic year. Students who are selected will receive $3,000 – $5,000 and the faculty mentor will be given an additional $1,000. For more information about the program, look here.
The deadline to apply is November 30 for the Fall and and March 1 for the Spring.
If you have questions, you may reach out to Elizabeth Chacko at echacko@gwu.edu or to Paul Hoyt-O’Connor, Director of the Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research, at phoytoc@gwu.edu.
2016 Strasser Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Strasser Writing Prize competition! We have one first place winner, and two runners-up!
1st Place:
Steven Kelly
Sophomore
“Moderating Negative Responsibility”
Written for Prof. Ralkowski’s “The Death of God” Origins class
Runners Up:
Victoria Leoni
Freshman
“Plato’s Theory of Love: Flawed Regardless of Interpretation”
Written for Prof. Ralkowski’s “Wisdom” Origins class
Jarrod Carman
Sophomore
“Justice and Syrian Refugees: What’s the Right Thing To Do?”
Written for an Honors Internship contract course, supervised by Prof. Ralkowski
The first place winner will receive a $100 gift cards and the runners up will each receive $50 gift cards. Congratulations!
SURE Award Deadline: January 29th
Did you know that Honors students have the exclusive opportunity to win up to $500 for their research? It’s true! Apply to the UHP/Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement Award (SURE) and we might just cut you a check.
We know “Undergraduate Research Enhancement” doesn’t sound that exciting (well, to most people at least, but you are UHPers), but what you can actually do with that money is amazing. Some of last year’s winners used the funds to study youth activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, explore the culture of recycling in Buenos Aires, and present research findings at a national conference!
The application includes:
- Student Application Form,
- Faculty Support Form, and
- Unofficial GW Transcript (no transcripts from GWeb please!).
The possibilities are endless, but the deadline to apply for funds for spring or summer 2016 is Friday, January 29th.
Congratulations to our SURE Award Winners
Congratulations to winners of the UHP SURE Award for this semester! Students who win the Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement Award use the funds to further their own research.
Yaron Ginsburg will use the UHP SURE Award to purchase written works related to Zionist thought and the Philosophy of Nietzsche. Yaron intends to explore the influence of Nietzsche’s philosophy of power, authenticity, and morality on early Zionist thinkers and the Zionist endeavor.
Bejnamin Helfand will travel to Tunisia with the help of the UHP SURE Award, using the the recently ratified Tunisian Constitution as a case study to explore how international human rights instruments can be used to effectively protect and promote human rights.
Paul Scotti will be attending the Vision Sciences Society Conference in May using the UHP SURE Award. His winnings will also be used to reimburse participants in his research to investigate the degree to which object-based attentional guidance depends on the strength of object representation.
Congratulations to our winners. We’ll be following up with them later in the year to check in on their research! If you are pursuing independent research and would be interested in applying for funding, watch out for the Spring SURE Award announcements in the Newsflash.
The Eckles Prize for Freshman Research Excellence
If you’re a freshman who likes free money, I highly encourage you to keep reading.
The Eckles Prize for Freshman Research is an annual prize recognizing students who produce a research project in their freshman year that demonstrates significant and meaningful use of library services and collections at the George Washington University.
First year students are encouraged to submit a research project of any length or format, along with an essay summarizing how they used library resources to complete the project. Students should submit the one project that reflects their best work of the year. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 submissions:
- 1st Place: $500
- 2nd Place: $300
- 3rd Place: $200
Deadline to Apply: The application deadline for the 2014-’15 academic year is Friday, May 15. Click here for more info.
2015 Strasser Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Strasser Writing Prize competition! We have one first place winner, and two runners-up!
1st Place:
Jacob Greenblatt
Freshman
“Buddhism & Environmental Ethics”
Written for Origins with Prof. McManus
Runners Up:
Brooke Talbot
Senior
“Memorializing Disease: The Public Contribution to the FDR Memorial Wheelchair Statue”
Written for Prof. Gamble’s Epidemics in American History class
Lacy Myrman
Sophomore
“’Us’ and ‘Them’”
Written for Prof. Dworkin’s Individualism class
The first place winner will receive a $100 gift cards and the runners up will each receive $50 gift cards. Congratulations!
Commencement Student Speaker Competition
Want to speak alongside the likes of Kerry Washington, Michelle Obama and Bobby Flay? Commencement this spring may be your chance to shine!
Every year since 1992, GW has hosted a student speaker at its commencement ceremony. Just think, it could be you! Any student who will have who earned their degrees in summer or fall 2014 or will earn their degrees in spring or summer 2015 is eligible to apply, so why not give it a shot?
The application is due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 2. To apply, submit a short biography (up to 150 words), the text of the speech you plan to deliver if selected and a video of your speech. It should be approximately three minutes long, provided in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link. You can submit your materials here! The top ten finalists will audition in person, or via Skype, for the Commencement student speaker committee on April 17. Following this presentation, the committee will select the winner.
Aside from all the glory of speaking on the National Mall in front thousands of people, there are a couple of perks to this gig. The winner will receive six tickets for the reserved seating section at Commencement, a photo with the Commencement speaker, invitations to special events during Commencement Weekend, and free Commemorative Commencement photos.
Questions? Contact University Events at commencement@gwu.edu or 202-994-7129!
