THE OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (OUR) AT UVM

Updates from the Office of Undergraduate Research

The Office facilitates the distribution of several awards that fund students' innovations. Once students establish themselves in research or creative environments, they are encouraged to apply for financial support.

Summer Internship Grant (due April 8) provides student wages of up to $3500 in addition to upwards of $1500 for supplies and operating expenses.

NEW - Public Research & Civic Endeavors Scholarship (due April 15) $4000
Recognizing that research and creative activities happen beyond campus, the PR&CE Scholarship was established to help students pursue unfunded internships and community-focused projects. Students must show the value of professional development, service-learning, or other real-world initiatives in their career trajectories.

NEW - Summer 2011 Mini Grants (due May 13) $1000 provided for research expenses that may include:

• Art supplies
• Housing costs
• Computer programs
• Office supplies
• Mileage to/from project site
• Cell culture media or DNA extraction kits
• GPS unit/digital voice recorder
• Data entry, transcription, or translation

Recent award recipients

Spring Mini Grant winners:

• Mark Agostini Jr.(Anthropology/Film Studies), The Analysis of Ancestral Pueblo Pottery Pigments (mentor: Dr. Scott Van Keuren)
• Lauren Blackington (Human Development & Family Studies), An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an All-Girls and an All-Boys Residential Summer Camp in Fostering Positive Attitudes Toward Women (mentor: Dr. Jacqueline Weinstock)
• Rachel Brooks (Environmental Science), Proteomic Signatures of Experimentally Manipulated Pitcher Plant Communities and their Corresponding State Changes (mentor: Dr. Nicholas Gotelli)
• Alexis Gadwah (Nursing), Licensed Practical Nurse Dissatisfaction (mentor: Dr. Mary Val Palumbo)
• Dylan Harry (Environmental Science), Investigation of Trends in Vermont Forest Health Over the Past 25 Years (mentor: Dr. Jen Pontius)
• Max Kravitz (Biology), Adipocyte Cell Size and Insulin Resistance in Human Obesity (mentor: Dr. Richard Pratley)
• Andrea Pack (Neuroscience), Effect of Selected Endocrine Disruptors on Thyroid Cell Proliferation (mentor: Dr. Elzbieta Zakrzewska)
• Meagan Quinlan (Psychology), Utilizing the Structure of cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase as a Potential Pharmaceutical Target (mentor Dr. Wolfgang Dostmann)
• Cameron Stern (Molecular Genetics), Tetraploid Daylilies (Hemerocallis) Converted to Diploids Using in vitro Ovule Culture (mentor: Dr. Mark Starrett)
• Gena Zollman (Psychology), The Effect of Sexual Scripts Congruency on Female Sexual Arousal Response (mentor: Dr. Alessandra Rellini

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