Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program—Applications for Spring 2009 Due on November 17th

Faculty members and students have three weeks to prepare and submit their applications for the Spring 2009 Undergraduate Faculty-Student Apprenticeship Program.

Approximately 16 to 18 scholarly projects on which faculty members and students work closely together throughout the semester will be selected in a competitive process. The deadline to apply for the Spring semester is November 17, 2008.

The program is designed to encourage Mason's high-achieving undergraduate students to become involved in research and creative projects early in their academic careers, under the guidance of a faculty mentor.

A $1,000 stipend is provided to the students selected for the program. Students are also funded to attend several undergraduate research conferences or disciplinary conferences, including that of the Colonial Academic Alliance.

In addition to meeting and working closely with their faculty members, students will meet as a group three times during the semester to discuss professional development issues, including preparing for graduate school, graduate funding, designing a poster or other professional presentation and writing abstracts.

Applications from all disciplines and departments are encouraged. Faculty members and students should collaborate and submit applications online at the following link:. <http://uap.gmu.edu/application.html> On this Undergraduate Apprenticeship website, you’ll also find suggestions on applying for an undergraduate apprenticeship program, a sample application, as well as the faculty and student application forms. <>

Please note that because of the increasingly competitive nature of the program in the past few semesters, the GPAs of successful student applicants have been significantly higher than the minimum required. Students are eligible to apply for a second apprenticeship, but are less likely to receive a renewal than in past years. Faculty members are eligible to mentor just one student per semester or summer through this program.

For more information, please contact Deirdre Moloney, director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program, at 703-993-2917 or dmoloney@gmu.edu.

http://uap.gmu.edu

Deirdre Moloney, Ph.D.
Director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program
Johnson Center 245 MS 2C4
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22032
(703) 993-2917