Summer Research Fellowships

Submissions for 2025 Summer Research Fellowships are due March 14.

The Summer Research Fellowships are designed to support an immersive scholarly activity/original research experience during the summer for undergraduate students working with a faculty mentor. The fellowship is intended to create an opportunity for significant progress on a scholarly activity.  

The fellowship provides funding for a scholarship up to $3,000 that can be used to cover summer tuition, plus up to an additional $500 to be used for purchases that support the scholarly activity.

Recipients must enroll in at least 1 credit hour in a summer term. The scholarship will then be disbursed to the student via Financial Aid

Guidelines for Submission:

Guidelines for Creating a Proposal

Eligibility and limitations:

•  All ETSU students (not just Honors students) are eligible.
• A student may be awarded only one Summer Research Fellowship during their time at ETSU
• Only one award proposal per faculty mentor should be submitted per funding cycle
• Priority will be given to students who have not previously received an URCA award and who do not have existing financial support for research/scholarly activity 
• Priority will be given to rising seniors 
• Funding cannot be used to purchase gift cards for research participants. 

Submission:

• Proposals are due March 14, 2025.
• Awards will be announced around April 14.
• Funds should be spent by May 30, projects completed by August 15, and final reports submitted September 5. 

 

Submit a Proposal

Reports:

Awardees are expected to submit a summary report of their project.  For a brief guide describing the content and submission of your report, visit the page on Reports.

 

Questions: