Faculty Encouraged to Apply for Grants Supporting Undergraduate Research

CB Creatives

The new Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant is designed to help faculty take their undergraduate research program to the next level. Here, Honors College Fellow Abby Terlouw stains kidney cells in preparation for a study conducted at the Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine.

You have a brilliant idea that will launch several honors theses — but need new software so your students can crunch the numbers. Or perhaps a very small (and very pricey) lens will support a new line of undergraduate inquiry in your lab. The Honors College can help. 

U of A faculty members are encouraged to apply for Honors College Faculty Equipment and Technology Grants, designed to help tenured and tenure-track faculty purchase specialized equipment or technology to advance undergraduate research at the University of Arkansas.

Grants will be awarded once per fiscal year; this year's application deadline is Sept. 15.

"Our goal with these grants is to help faculty get the tools they need to take undergraduate research to the next level," said Jennie Popp, interim associate dean of the Honors College. "Faculty are extremely generous in opening their world of research to undergraduates, and we want to support their hard work on behalf of our students."

The Honors College launched the new Faculty Equipment and Technology Grants last year, and awarded almost $60,000. Faculty used grant monies to purchase materials ranging from statistical software to a system that measures cardiopulmonary stress, energy assessment and resting metabolic rate.

This year up to $80,000 in grant funds will be awarded.

The new grant is funded by a portion of the $300 million gift made by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation in 2002. The grants are designed to help tenured and tenure-track faculty individually, or in teams, purchase specialized equipment or technology that will make a transformational difference in their undergraduate research programs. For more information visit the Honors College website.