Undergraduate Research : First Year Summer Research Experience Program (FYSRE)

First Year Summer Research Experience Program (FYSRE)
    Scope: university-wide
    Student Population: UT freshmen students
    Contact Person: Thomas Kvale   or
    Office of Undergraduate Research

Awards will be announced by the end of March 2008.

OUR-UT is collecting proposals for Summer 2008 NOW through February 29, 2008.

The proposal description and cover page can be downloaded through these links. The proposal and supporting materials can be mailed (post or electronically) to OUR-UT.

 PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

DEADLINE: Friday, February 29, 2008

A complete proposal includes:

• Three - five page proposal describing in detail the research/creative activity project.  The submitted proposal can be in MS Word, LaTeX, Wordperfect, or pdf format.
• UT transcript (or if a transfer student, include your transcript(s) from your former institution(s)).
• A letter of support from your faculty mentor that you would be conducting research with during the summer 2008.

Note:   FYSRE applicants are also automatically entered in the USR&CAP competition.
 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The participant must:

• be a registered UT student.
• have freshman student status through the Spring 2008 semester.
• devote full-time effort on their research during the summer 2008.
• participate in the weekly Bag Lunch series, summer session IV.
• present their results at the end-of-summer UG research symposium.
• submit a Final Report (edited by their faculty research adviser) to the Office of Undergraduate Research no later than the end of Fall Semester 2009.
• present their work at a departmental seminar or performance.

Exceptions to the requirements: Students can  still participate in FYSRE if the student’s research project takes them outside the commuting distance to UT to miss the weekly Bag Lunch that week (or weeks).

If they miss the end of summer research symposium, they are then expected to present their research to their department (and/or honors) during the first semester back on campus.

Note also the Research Abroad program.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

STIPEND:  $2,750     SUPPLIES: $250

The University of Toledo’s First Year Summer Research Experience Program (FYSRE) program supports freshmen students for special projects and activities that benefit the student’s educational experience during the 2008 summer months.

The emphasis is on projects that involve students in the research activities of UT faculty. The competition is open to all university students who have freshman status during the Spring 2008 semester. This competitive program provides a stipend for the student recipient and additional funding to the student’s faculty advisor to help defray the cost of materials and supplies in support of the student’s activities.  In general, FYRSE recipients are required to submit a Final Report to the Office of Undergraduate Research; deliver a presentation describing the project during the Summer Research Symposium at the end of the Summer 2007 Session IV; and present their work at a departmental seminar or performance. They are also encouraged to present their work at a regional and/or national conference and if appropriate, submit their work for external publication. If the student is a member of the University Honors Program, they should make a presentation at an Honors Program Brown Bag during the AY2008-2009 academic year.

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FYSRE News and Announcements

The University of Toledo
Office of Undergraduate Research
 UH3190, MS 939
 2801 West Bancroft Street
 Toledo, OH  43606-3390
 419.530.2983 phone
 419.530.2580 fax
 undergradresearch@utoledo.edu

Thomas Kvale, Director

   Fran Molnar, Secretary

Robin Calhoun, Executive Coordinator