Purpose
This is a competitive, merit-based award, which will support undergraduate students engaged in independent, scholarly and/or creative projects that will enrich their academic learning and personal development. Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 to support their study, while their faculty mentors will receive $500 for their support and guidance of the project.
Selection Criteria
1. Students eligible for such scholarships must:
- Be enrolled in a College of Arts & Sciences bachelor’s degree program in the year following receipt of the scholarship,
- Receive three hours of academic credit for his or her work and a letter grade from the sponsoring faculty member upon the project’s completion,
- Have a full-time College of Arts & Sciences faculty member sponsor the project and oversee its completion. The faculty sponsor must endorse the student’s proposal and complete the scholarship recommendation form as part of the application,
- Design and carry out his or her project. Although each student will be guided and mentored by his or her faculty sponsor, the project must be designed and carried out by the student. The student and sponsor may collaborate on the research project and may jointly author a publication about the project’s results. However, the student may not serve merely as a research assistant in a professor’s work, and
- Consent to release his or her grades to Institutional Advancement, be willing and available to present the results of the completed project at a Dean's Council meeting, and comply with all university regulations, rules, and codes of conduct governing students on campus.
2. Application Requirements
- Project proposal.
- Recommendation from Sponsor.
3. Renewal
Dean’s Leadership Council Directed Independent Study Scholarship Project Proposal Format
1. Project Description: Clearly explain the purpose of your project including pertinent literature, hypotheses, and the significance of your proposed project to its discipline.
2. Methods: Clearly describe how you plan to accomplish your project. Be as specific as possible. (For example, if you plan to conduct a survey, indicate how you will select a sample population and how you will analyze your data). In writing-oriented projects, make sure the investigative approach or comparison you intend is part of a clearly focused discussion.
3. Time Schedule: Provide a specific timetable for implementing the various steps of your project.
4. Budget: Provide a detailed budget to cover supplies, equipment, travel expenses, per diem, or expenses related to attending conventions, festivals, etc..
5. Student Background: Include a copy of your UNF transcript and transcripts from any other colleges or universities from which you have received academic credit. Identify the courses and other experiences that will enable you to accomplish this project. Be thorough. This also is an opportunity to address any cause for concern or inconsistency in your academic record and to convince the Council of your interest and ability to carry out the proposed project.
6. Importance to Student: Explain what aspects of this project you believe will be transformational for you and why, and what role it will play in your personal, academic, and/or professional development.
If you have questions or would like more information please contact Barbra Luce-Turner, Director of Development for The College of Arts & Sciecnes at (904) 620-2596 or b.luce-turner@unf.edu.
