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Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Undergraduate Research Awards: Nominate Now

The Provost’s Office and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement are requesting nominations for two awards to be given on Founders’ Day: the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Graduating Senior in Undergraduate Research Award. Faculty members can be nominated by other faculty members, administrators, students, or by self-nomination. Students can be nominated by faculty members or by self-nomination.

For more information about the criteria for the awards you can find help sheets for each award on PilotsUP.

Both nominations are due by December 15 at midnight; please send your nomination to ur@up.edu.

2024 Fulbright Recipients

The Office of Scholarly Engagement and Career Readiness is pleased to announce that six students have been selected as Fulbright recipients this year.

The recipients are:

  • Claire Lang (Germany, ETA)
  • Mia Tierney (Greece, ETA)
  • Molly Lowney (Argentina, ETA)
  • Taylor Marks (Taiwan, ETA)
  • Kat Motley (Slovak Republic, ETA)
  • Lucah Katauskas (Germany, ETA)

Congratulations to all!

The Summer Research Poster Session is Returning to Campus. (Oct. 25)

The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement will host the University’s annual Summer Research Poster Session on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The goals of the Summer Research Poster Session are twofold: to celebrate undergraduate research conducted by UP students during the summer and to create awareness of research experiences that other students might be interested to explore. 

Please encourage your students to stop by Franz Hall Lobby and Franz 120 on October 25 to hear from our students about their experiences! 

A full schedule can be found here.

Fulbright Grant Candidates Wanted

Now is the time to start sending the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (OUSE) the names of current juniors who would be strong candidates to apply for Fulbright Grants. Fulbright offers grants to countries around the world, and in many cases, the applicant is not expected to have studied the language of the host country. Likewise, Fulbright has no minimum GPA requirement, but they are looking for people who will be good ambassadors for the U.S. Fulbright is particularly interested in getting applications from underrepresented groups. Students from all disciplines and schools are encouraged to apply, but OUSE needs faculty to identify them. Send names to scholars@up.edu and we will contact the student and invite them to meet.

Rhodes & Marshall Scholarship Nominations Needed

Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier UK institutions, to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost.

Students applying for these awards must have a University endorsement and formally express their intent to apply by early April. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the application process, will participate in campus interviews in late April, and will continue to receive support over the summer so their files can be finalized at the start of the fall semester.

For more information or to pass along names, send an e-mail to scholars@up.edu or call x7857.

For more information use these links:

Undergraduate Research Awards: Applications Due Feb. 5

The Provost’s Office and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement would like to remind people that self-nominations for the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Graduating Senior in Undergraduate Research Award are accepted and request that faculty members make qualified students aware of this opportunity. Both awards are given on Founders’ Day.

Click on the link(s) below to learn more about the candidate profile for each award. Applications for both are due to ur@up.edu on February 5, 2021. All complete applications will be considered, regardless of whether a formal nomination was submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement office.

 

Udall Scholarships: Nominations Needed

Faculty members are requested to nominate students for the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, available to current sophomore or junior students who meet one or more of these criteria:

  • Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment;
  • Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to public policy;
  • Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native American health care.

An institutional endorsement is required for students to apply for this award and nominations are due as soon as possible. To submit a nomination or for more information contact the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at scholars@up.edu.

Truman Scholarship Nominations Welcome

Faculty are requested to nominate students for Truman Scholarships. The awards, up to $30,000 for graduate school, provide scholarships to current juniors who plan to pursue a career in public service (academia, government, military, or nonprofit service). The awards are based on merit and are made to students who have a track record of working to impact social change. An understanding of how the student leads others is an important criterion in the evaluation process.

An institutional endorsement is required for students to apply for this award and nominations are due as soon as possible. To submit a nomination or for more information contact the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at scholars@up.edu.

Goldwater Scholarships: Nominees Needed

Faculty are requested to nominate students for Goldwater Scholarships. The awards, up to $7,500 per year, provide scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students who plan to pursue research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. The awards are based on merit and made to students who will be juniors or seniors during the following academic year. Experience in research is an important criterion in the evaluation process.

An institutional endorsement is required for students to apply for this award and nominations are due as soon as possible. To submit a nomination or for more information contact the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at scholars@up.edu.

10 UP Students Named Fulbright Finalists

John Orr of the undergraduate scholarly engagement office is pleased to report that 10 UP students from the Class of 2020 were named as Fulbright U.S. Student Program Finalists and offered awards to teach English abroad. It is hoped that Fulbright recipients will be able to travel to their programs in fall 2020; the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has instituted a temporary pause of all Bureau of ECA-funded international exchange programs, including Fulbright.

UP finalists include:

  • Erick Berrelleza, Mexico
  • Travis Bigelow, Mexico
  • Joshua Bode, Mexico
  • Isabel Cortens, Argentina
  • Autumn Fluetsch, Luxembourg
  • Athena Hills, Germany
  • Surabhi Joglekar, Taiwan
  • Preston Korst, Bulgaria
  • Amanda Mosler, Colombia
  • Joanne Tran, Taiwan

The United States Fulbright program began in 1946 after World War II to “assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world” through the exchange of students, scholars and professionals. The program operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.

For more information contact Orr at orr@up.edu.