Total Funds Available: $100,000

Deadline for Proposals: Open until yearly funding is exhausted

Goals and objectives: The Undergraduate Research Initiative is designed to increase the involvement of undergraduate students in research and encourage them to pursue graduate-level research and study.

Funding: Awards of up to $3,000 per undergraduate student per year will be made to University researchers to provide dollar-for-dollar matching support for undergraduate research student wages.

These funds can be used to provide match for new proposals or they can supplement existing contract and grant research.

Matching requirement: A one-for-one student wage (stipend) match commitment is required for this program.

Application Procedure:

• Completely fill out the Undergraduate Research Initiative form.
• Provide the Office of Research & Commercialization with a copy of the PAF or Student Assistant Recommendation Form for the student with your matching account number for the student's wages. The Office of Research & Commercialization will periodically transfer half the student's cost from your matching account to an Office or Research account.
• Attached completed, signed off, Office of Research & Commercialization Proposal Transmittal Form.

Submission of Request:

Please submit request to:

Dr. Tom O'Neal, Associate Vice President for Research & Commercialization
University of Central Florida
Office of Research & Commercialization
12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501
Orlando, FL 32826
oneal@mail.ucf.edu

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