General Information

  • Eligibility:
    • Full-time faculty members and undergraduate student researchers
    • Four faculty-student teams representing at least three departments
  • Categories Supported: Scholar-Mentor
  • Application Deadline: October of each year; see URP website for specifics

Purpose

The undergraduate research program and Elon College jointly offer five Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) Symposium Grants. These grants are capped at $1,000. These grants cannot be used as stipends, but could provide support for mentor-student teams to develop a SURF symposium around a common topic or theme.

Grant Description

The undergraduate research program embraces the domains and goals of the Elon Core Curriculum: inquiry; knowledge; and communication. Supporting mentored scholarship also affirms Elon University’s centrality of the arts and sciences and aligns with University’s Mission Statement.

These grants can be used for but, are not limited to:

  • travel to workshops and/or conferences that enhance the symposium participants’ understanding of their theme;
  • books, equipment, software, databases or other materials that will enhance the symposium participants’ understanding of their theme; and
  • other costs directly related to facilitating and supporting interaction among the symposium participants.

Each symposium will consist of four faculty-student teams representing at least three departments. At least two of the departments must come from Elon College. These symposia will be a part of the SURF program. The symposia will be typically structured with the four students presenting their studies in succession (15 minutes each) and then the presentations will be followed by a 30-40 minute facilitated discussion of the research topic and questions from the audience.

How to Apply

Sponsoring Center or Office

Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
Visit URP Website
URP Funding Opportunities