This funding opportunity closed February 20, 2013. Award recipients will be notified no later than March 22. Each spring semester, UAF undergraduate students are invited to apply for one of 10 URSA Awards of $5,000 for their research or creative scholarship projects to be conducted during the following summer. Funds may be used for travel, materials, tuition and fees, and stipends/salaries. Any undergraduate student with good academic standing and a commitment from a faculty mentor is eligible to apply for funding.

Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded URSA funding for spring 2013 semester: Lauren Bailey, Anne Batholomew, Pascale Clerc, Heather Currey, Kailyn Davis, Christy Howard, John Scott, Ashley Strauch, Ariadne Wattum, and Bennett Wong.

Each fall and spring semester, UAF undergraduate students are invited to apply for URSA Awards of up to $2500 for their research or creative scholarship projects. Funds may be used for travel, materials, tuition and fees (for research courses), and services. Any undergraduate student with good academic standing and a commitment from a faculty mentor is eligible to apply for funding.

The funding opportunity for fall 2013 projects will open February 26, 2013. The deadline for applications will be March 25 and the list of recipients will be posted to this website no later than April 22, 2013.

Recent Travel Awards: Congratulations to the recipients of the first round of URSA Student Travel Awards for the current academic year: Joshua Barry, Mark Evans, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Tiffany Green, Steven Hall, Kayla Harrison, Patricia McCall, and Ashley Strauch. The next student travel award opportunity will open about December 5, 2012.

Faculty Awards: Each year, UAF faculty members participating in or preparing for mentoring undergraduate students in research or creative projects are awarded up to $2000 for each project.

Congratulations to faculty members who have received URSA funding for academic year 2013: Jeff Benowitz (Geophysical Institute), Gary Laursen (Honors Program), Andres Lopez (School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences), and Elena Vayndorf (Institute of Arctic Biology). The next URSA Faculty Award opportunity will open on or about October 21, 2013.