FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA)
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program competitively funds individual requests by a student/faculty teams for funds to be used to support undergraduate student involvement in faculty research. The main emphases of the awards will be for student salaries and travel expenses for undergraduates to attend professional meetings to give presentations. Students should contact individual faculty members for undergraduate research projects. Either faculty or students can initiate projects but the abstract must be written by the student. A faculty/student team must apply by the deadline given below for the semester in which the funds are requested.
Students wishing to work at GTRI may also apply with a Research Scientist and must be U.S. citizens. Students should be in good academic standing when they apply.
Students may apply for $1500 (max) salary awards or $1000 (max) travel awards. Students are eligible for only one successful salary award per academic year, but may apply for travel awards within the same academic year.
Comments from previous awardees:
"This has one of [my] most valuable experiences while in college "
"It was a pleasure to have a mentor who shared an interest in the same field as me"
"I was treated as a member of the research group "
"I also greatly enjoyed being able to create something that will help others in the future"
"I gained valuable experience doing novel research in an interesting field"
Congratulations Summer 2008 PURA Awardees!
Applying for PURA
PURA is offered every semester. When applying for PURA, An electronic submission is required followed by an email from the faculty mentor as outlined in the instructions. An application is considered complete once both an application and an email from the faculty mentor has been received. Application deadlines are listed below.
Handouts from PURA Information Session
**Spring PURA Awardees: Final Reports are due May 2. Please submit your final report at http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/UROPForm.php
Deadlines for Salary Awards:
- Fall 2008 - Complete applications are due May 19, 2008.
- Spring 2009 - Complete applications are due October 20, 2009.
- Summer 2009 - Complete applications are due March 4, 2009.
Deadlines for Travel Awards: Travel applications are accepted at anytime during
the semester in which the award would be used, beginning with the traditional application due date listed above and ranging until at least on month prior to your trip. Please wait to submit an application until your paper or poster has been accepted at the conference.
***To learn more about how to apply for PURA, please attend the PURA workshop on September 25, 2008. The workshop will be held in the Student Center in Room 320 from 11am - 12 noon.
Questions? Contact the UROP office at PURA@gatech.edu
CURRENT PURA STUDENTS
CURRENT PURA FACULTY MENTORS
PAST PURA AWARDS