• Must be a Degree-seeking undergraduate student (Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree)
  From any discipline, any year of study, any UAF campus.
  
  
• Fall and Spring Awards: Student must be enrolled in at least six credits at any UAF campus for the funded semester.
  
  
• Summer Awards: Student must be enrolled for at least six credits during the spring semester and planning to enroll in at least six credits for fall semester.
  
  
• GPA of 2.3 or more
  Students on probation are not eligible.
  
  
• Must have a mentor and an idea
  Faculty, post-doc, or a graduate student, as well as an established project. 
  
  
• Students may only apply for one award each round
  
  
• During any academic year (e.g., AY 2021 - 2022; fall 2021, spring 2022 and summer 2022), an undergraduate student may not receive more than one travel award (fall, winter or spring), and one project/mentor award (fall, spring or summer).
  
  This policy will allow for a greater number of students to receive awards with limited URSA funds.

• Students with a GPA lower than 2.3
  
  
• Students registered for less than 6 credits the semester of their award.
  
  
• During any academic year (e.g., AY 2021 - 2022; fall 2021, spring 2022 and summer 2022), an undergraduate student may not receive more than one travel award (fall, winter or spring), and one project/mentor award (fall, spring or summer). 
  
  This policy will allow for a greater number of students to receive awards with limited URSA funds.

• Students that have graduated, unless they are enrolled in a second degree program, are not elligible for URSA funding.
  
  
• Students that have received full funding from another UAF program for a specific project are not eligible for additional funding from URSA (for example BLaST, INBRE, EPSCOR, Alaska Space Grant Program, amongst others)

• Your Mentor must complete the URSA Mentor Confirmation form prior to the award deadline.
  
  
• Student must complete a final evaluation (Reflection Form) after travel/project completion.
  
  
• Student must present results at URSA's Research & Creative Activity Day in April of that academic year.
  *Summer students will be expected to present the following April.

• Student must create a poster of their project as well as other items at the end of the semester in which they received funding.
  (For other types of displays or performances, please contact URSA).
  
  
• Students must provide photos of themselves and at least one of your project and/or travel to URSA upon completion of their award.
  
  
• Student must provide a short 2-3 minutes "fun" outreach video of themselves conducting their work to URSA upon completion of their award.

IMPORTANT: Failure to provide the above, to submit a final evaluation, or to participate in Research & Creative Activity Day will make the student ineligible to future URSA funding.