UAP Fall 2009 applications open

UNIVERSITY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FALL APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE:

DEADLINE IS AUGUST 15, 2009

Faculty members and undergraduate students have a month to prepare and submit their applications for the Fall 2009 Undergraduate Faculty-Student Apprenticeship Program.

Up 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 Fall semester is AUGUST 15th 2009.

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. Some stipends to cover materials purchased as part of the project are available to faculty who participate. First preference will be given to junior faculty.

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. 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. Please note that we do not match students and faculty--students must request that a particular faculty member agree to mentor them on a project of their own selection. Please review the student profiles and other materials on the UAP website.

For future planning purposes: Spring 2010 UAP applications will be due in mid-November and Summer 2010 applications will be due in mid-April.

For more information, please contact Deirdre Moloney, Director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program, at dmoloney@gmu.edu

The UAP program is now part of Mason's new Honors College and will soon be housed in 308 Enterprise Hall.

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Deirdre Moloney,Ph,D.
Director, Fellowships and Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program
Honors College
(703) 993-2917
George Mason University