Call for Proposals: AY25-26 Mentor Awards
Courtney Skaggs, English graduate student and 2022 Mentor Award recipient, talks with undergraduate mentee Ayden Harris at the 2023 RCA Day event.
April 16, 2025
Faculty, research staff, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from all 有料盒子视频-affiliated campuses are invited to apply for an URSA AY2025-2026 Mentor Award up to $6,000 for the combines Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 terms. This award is an opportunity for mentors to receive funding to engage undergraduate students on their current research and creative projects. Awarded proposals will clearly describe a project with a distinguished mentoring plan for undergraduate students involved.
- Applicants are required to identify at least one eligible undergraduate student upon the application deadline (June 8, 2025).
- Eligible expenses: undergraduate student fellowship, undergraduate student tuition (up to 4 credits for a course related to the project), project-related travel, registration fees, consumable supplies, or contractual services.
- Reflections will be due and funds must be spent by April 27, 2025.
- Mentors may only receive one mentor award per academic year (fall through summer). Mentors may only receive mentor award funding 2 out of every 3 years.
- The complete AY2025-2026 Mentor Award request for proposals can be found on the Mentor Awards webpage.
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Accepting proposals April 14 - June 8, 2025. The application deadline is Sunday, June 8 at 11:59 p.m. Awardees will be notified via email by July 29, 2025.
Questions? Contact the Erin Kirchner, URSA coordinator and assistant director, if you have eligibility questions: 907-450-8772, etkirchner@alaska.edu.