UAF undergraduate students are invited to apply for one of ten URSA awards of up to $2500 for research or creative scholarship projects conducted during fall 2013 semester. Funds may be used for salary, stipend, 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. Deadline for applications is June 28, 2013.

Click on this link to download the Request for Proposals.

Click on this link to download the Fall Project Award Application Form.

Applications must be emailed to ursa.uaf@alaska.edu by June 28, 2013. Award winners will be notified by email and announced on this website by early July 2013.

2013 SUgR Awards: Eleven students were recently awarded up to $5000 for research or creative projects during summer 2013: JR Ancheta, Caroline Aubry-Wake, Michael Courtney, Sam Herreid, Christina Howard, John McMahon, Evan Mathers, Jonathan Nations, Catherine Ryne Olson, Adam Taylor and Daniela Wilner.

Spring Project Awards: Congratulations to the recipients of up to $2500 for projects conducted during spring semester: Lauren Bailey, Anne Bartholomew, Pascale Clerc, Heather Currey, Kailyn Davis, Christy Howard, John Scott, Ashley Strauch, Ariadne Wattum, Ian Wilkinson and Bennett Wong.

Recent Travel Awards: Congratulations to the recipients of the URSA Student Travel Awards for the current academic year: Joshua Barry, Alexander Bertram, Blake Bogart, Jacqueline Eisenberg, Samantha Enters, Mark Evans, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Tiffany Green, Steven Hall, Kayla Harrison, Bryant hopkins, Skyler Hunter, Mindona Krzykowski, Alexander Legrismith, Ann Lewis, Patricia McCall, Jonathan Nations, Simon Ortega, Helen Shepard, Adrienne Smyth, Ashley Strauch, Brittany Van Sickle, Daniela Wilner, and Jenny York. The next student travel award opportunity will open in early September 2013.

Mentor Awards: URSA awards funds to support faculty and graduate students who serve as mentors to undergraduate students. Congratulations to the following mentors who have received URSA funding for academic year 2013: Matthew Balazs (Geophysical Institute), Jeff Benowitz (Geophysical Institute), Claudia Ihl (Northwest Campus), Gary Laursen (Honors Program), Andres Lopez (School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences), Alexei Rybkin (College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics) and Elena Vayndorf (Institute of Arctic Biology). The next URSA Faculty Award opportunity will open on or about October 21, 2013.