Candidates for the award should assume that, if selected, they will spend approximately forty hours per week doing research over a ten-week period and that this research will provide the basis upon which to do more intensive research during the senior year. The deadline for submitting proposals is March 27. Students must apply for these grants no later than the second Friday of each quarter, and awards will be made on a competitive basis. The grant may be used either the quarter it is awarded or in a subsequent quarter, but students must be enrolled during the quarter in which they receive funding. The College of Biological Sciences has announced the continuation of a small grants program designed to support students in its disciplines who enter candidacy for graduation with distinction .
Students become eligible for the award by filing candidacy forms with the Honors office.
The deadline for applications and letters of recommendation is late April. The funds automatically will go toward the payment of University tuition and fees, with any remainder being available to recipients after the fifth week of the quarter. Applicants are required to have a faculty sponsor with whom they work to devise and refine a proposal, and who will be responsible for overseeing the project once it is underway. The faculty project adviser will also assist the student with writing the Interim Report and the final Honors Thesis, both to be submitted to the Honors Office. The deadline for applications is Nov. 7.