Hooper Undergraduate Research Award
The SPArCS Award
Urdea Collaborative Research Award
Purpose
The intent of the Urdea Collaborative Research Award is to encourage interdisciplinary projects between undergraduate students from the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering and the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences in research, scholarly, and creative activities supervised by a faculty mentor.
Eligibility
This award is for NAU students, including all undergraduates or a team that includes one graduate. Students must be:
- enrolled as a full-time student in an undergraduate program for both the fall and spring semesters of the award year; and
- in good academic standing at the time of application and during the period in which the project is funded.
Award
- The maximum award is $7,500.
- Compensation for student personnel is $16.50/hour.
- Applications will be accepted February 1 – March 1 each year.
- Urdea notifications will be sent to all applicants the week of April 13.
- Projects can begin as early as June 1 and end as early as December 10.
Urdea Application Workshops
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 12 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Student and Academic Services Building (#60), Room 434 |
| February 18 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Student and Academic Services Building (#60), Room 434 |
Application process
Guidelines & Instructions Accordion Open
You should thoroughly review the information found in the HURA and Urdea Request for Proposals and understand all application requirements. If you are proposing a project that involves human subjects, please be sure to pay critical attention to the IRB special instructions in the RFP.
The student’s application, including the faculty mentor recommendation, is submitted using an online submission portal.
- Use the HURA and Urdea Application Template to create a single Word document that includes the project description/narrative, timeline, and resume(s).
- Use the Urdea Budget Worksheet to create an Excel document outlining your budget.
- Sign in to the online submission portal using your Louie login and upload the Word and Excel documents. Additionally, you will need to provide your faculty mentor’s name and email address. An automatic request to complete a recommendation form will be emailed to the faculty mentor.
- You can log back in to the submission portal at any time to make changes to your application or check to see if your faculty recommendation has been received until March 1. It is your responsibility to ensure that your faculty mentor recommendation is submitted no later than March 1.
Application Forms Accordion Closed
Application forms
The application forms below should be downloaded and saved to your computer. The Application and Budget forms must be combined into a single MS Word document for the mentor’s review. The faculty mentor will then complete the recommendation section of the Application and save the Word document as a PDF.
- HURA and Urdea Application Template NOTE: The recommendation form, project description, timeline, references, and qualifications of applicant(s) are included in this document. The budget template must be downloaded separately.
- Urdea Budget Worksheet (.xlsx)
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If you’re interested in applying for a Urdea Award, you are strongly encouraged—but not required—to:
- Attend our in-person workshop (see above), and
- Consult with the Lumberjack Writing Center for assistance with your application.