{"id":4931,"date":"2023-01-18T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/?page_id=4931"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:27:44","slug":"student-led-projects-in-the-arts-creative-activity-and-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/student-led-projects-in-the-arts-creative-activity-and-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship (SPArCS<\/strong>)<\/h1>\n<p>The <strong>Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship (SPArCS<\/strong>) program solicits applications from full-time NAU undergraduate students in the arts, letters, humanities, photography, and film. \u00a0The SPArCS program encourages undergraduate students to pursue academic interests outside of their regular coursework by providing funding that will enable them to work on special projects of their own design.<\/p>\n<h3>Applications will be accepted February 1 \u2013 March 1 each year.<\/h3>\n<p>Announcements about the\u00a0 SPArCS award recipients will be sent by the end of the first week of April.<\/p>\n<h3>Purpose<\/h3>\n<p>The intent of the Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship (SPArCS) is to encourage greater participation of undergraduate students in the arts, letters, humanities, photography, and film supervised by a faculty mentor.<\/p>\n<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>NAU undergraduates must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enrolled as a full-time student in an undergraduate program for both the fall and spring semesters of the award year; and<\/li>\n<li>in good academic standing at the time of application and during the period in which the project is funded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Award<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The maximum award is <strong>$5,000\u00a0<\/strong>for 1 or 2 students; <strong>$7,500<\/strong> for 3 or more students<\/li>\n<li>Compensation for student personnel is <strong>$16.50\/hour<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Applications will be accepted <strong>February 1 \u2013 March 1 <\/strong>each year.<\/li>\n<li>SPArCS notifications will be sent to all applicants by the end of the first week of April.<\/li>\n<li>Projects can begin as early as June 1 of the awarded year and end as early as December 10 of the awarded year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Application Workshops<\/h3>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-15\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-15\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Date<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Time<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Location<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Feb 12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12:30-1:30 pm<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Student and Academic Services Building (#60), Room 434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Feb 18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12:30-1:30 pm<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Student and Academic Services Building (#60), Room 434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-15 from cache -->\n<h3>Application process<\/h3>\n\n\n<!-- shortcode-tab -->\n<div class='shortcode-tab-container tab-count-3'>\n    <ul class='tabs'>\n                <li class=\"tab\">\n            <a class=\"shortcode-tab__trigger\" href=\"#\" data-header=\"Guidelines & Instructions_1\">\n                <div class=\"shortcode-tab-header selected\">\n                    <h4>\n                        Guidelines & Instructions <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tab Open<\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"tab\">\n            <a class=\"shortcode-tab__trigger\" href=\"#\" data-header=\"Application Forms_2\">\n                <div class=\"shortcode-tab-header \">\n                    <h4>\n                        Application Forms <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tab Closed<\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"tab\">\n            <a class=\"shortcode-tab__trigger\" href=\"#\" data-header=\"Additional Resources_3\">\n                <div class=\"shortcode-tab-header \">\n                    <h4>\n                        Additional Resources <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tab Closed<\/span>\n                    <\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion \" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Guidelines & Instructions_1\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Guidelines & Instructions <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Open<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n\n<p>You should thoroughly review the information found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/1.28.26-SPArCS-RFP.pdf\">SPArCS Request For Proposals<\/a>&nbsp;and understand all application requirements. &nbsp;If you are proposing a project that involves human subjects, please be sure to pay particular attention to the IRB special instructions in the RFP.<\/p>\n<p>The student&rsquo;s application portfolio, including the faculty mentor recommendation, is submitted using an online submission portal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LgBLkUl7TQlliiS2WY3HdquTIaz2uhLU\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPArCS Application Template<\/a> to create a single document that includes the project description\/narrative, timeline, and resume(s).<\/li>\n<li>Use the SPArCS Budget Worksheet to create an Excel document outlining your budget.\n<ul>\n<li>For 1 or 2 students, use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1D_r0Swz4FkjoaclWcBmotA3XBGBZLzIg\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPArCS Budget Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For 3 or more students, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1QbM9MZJQT6hc6ZJ6_QXifeuZn2cBC9YK\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPArCS Group Budget Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sign in to the online submission portal using your Louie login and upload the Word and Excel documents.&nbsp; Additionally, you will need to provide your faculty mentor&rsquo;s name and email address.&nbsp; <strong>An automatic request to complete a recommendation form will be emailed to the faculty mentor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>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.&nbsp; <strong>It is your responsibility to ensure that your faculty mentor recommendation is submitted no later than March 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Application Forms_2\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Application Forms <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n\n<p>The application forms below should be downloaded and saved to your computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LgBLkUl7TQlliiS2WY3HdquTIaz2uhLU\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPArCS Application Template <\/a>NOTE: The project summary, personal statement, methods, roles of participants, dissemination plan, timeline, references, and qualifications of applicant(s) should be included in your application document.<\/li>\n<li>The budget template must be downloaded separately.\n<ul>\n<li>For 1 or 2 students: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1D_r0Swz4FkjoaclWcBmotA3XBGBZLzIg\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPArCS Budget Worksheet<\/a> (.xlsx)<\/li>\n<li>For 3 or more students: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1QbM9MZJQT6hc6ZJ6_QXifeuZn2cBC9YK\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPArCS Group Budget Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Additional Resources_3\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Additional Resources <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in applying for a SPArCS award, you are strongly encouraged&mdash;but not required&mdash;to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Attend our in-person workshop (see above), and<\/li>\n<li>Consult with the <a title=\"University Writing Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/interdisciplinary-writing-program\/lumberjack-writing-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lumberjack Writing Center<\/a>&nbsp;for assistance with your application.<br>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n    <\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hura.secure-platform.com:443\/a\">Submit a proposal or register to review proposals<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-image-caption -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-caption shortcode-image-caption--center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/SPArCS-2023-2024-Recepients-table-12.xlsx\">    <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__container\">\n                <span class=\"shortcode-image-caption__caption\">\n            <span>\n\nPrevious SPArCS Projects\n<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5388 size-square-image-large\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/DeMasse-pic-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\">\n    <\/span>\n    <\/a><\/span>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Hooper Undergraduate Research Award<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div>\n<p>The Hooper Undergraduate Research Awards fund full-time NAU undergraduate students in research, scholarly, or creative projects in any academic discipline. Students may apply to receive up to $5,000 (1-2 applicants) or $7,500 (3 or more applicants) to support their work.\u00a0 Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/hooper-undergraduate-research-award\/?preview=true\">Hooper Undergraduate Research Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Urdea Undergraduate Research Award<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div>\n<p>The Urdea Undergraduate Research Awards fund interdisciplinary projects between students in the <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve Sanghi College of Engineering <\/span>and the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences.\u00a0 Teams of 2-5 students may apply to receive up to $7,500 to support their work.\u00a0 Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/urdea-undergraduate-research-award\/\">Urdea Undergraduate Research Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship (SPArCS) The Student-led Projects in the Arts, Creative Activity, and Scholarship (SPArCS) program solicits applications from full-time NAU undergraduate students in the arts, letters, humanities, photography, and film. \u00a0The SPArCS program encourages undergraduate students to pursue academic interests outside of their regular coursework by providing funding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":722,"featured_media":1692,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4931","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6863,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4931\/revisions\/6863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}