The budget should list all materials, laboratory supplies, equipment, travel expenses, and the like that will be required to complete the project, with the estimated cost of each item. Requests for equipment purchases should justify the need for the equipment for the student's project. Equipment purchased with Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program funds becomes the property of the University. Please take care to be realistic when constructing your budget. Past experience reveals that students request about 20 percent more than they spend on average.
Inflated budgets reduce the number of grants that can be awarded.
Be sure to check and re-check your grammar, punctuation and spelling before submitting your proposal. We recommend that you save the proposal for use in writing your final report. If you are applying for a project in the visual arts, music, theater or film, you may include two examples of your previous work in the form of slides, photographs, audio or video tapes. It should describe the problem to be investigated, the hypothesis to be tested, or the creative endeavor to be undertaken. The background section should provide a brief review of the work that has been done in the area of the project together with complete references in appropriate professional style.