UB’s Center for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, through the support of the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, is pleased to offer UB Undergraduate students the opportunity to apply for Undergraduate Research Awards. Application procedures and instructions are attached below. Awards are for University at Buffalo undergraduate students who exhibit a need for funding to overcome barriers that obstruct their ability to perform meaningful research and or creative activities during their undergraduate enrollment at UB.

Award applications will be reviewed by a team of UB faculty and staff that will give consideration to completed applications that show a true need for award support to complete projects, pay for supplies, attend conferences or other intrinsic needs that must be overcome to complete a research or creative work. All paperwork and forms attached below must be submitted as part of the completed application packet.

Application Information

  • Only complete application packets will be accepted.
  • Complete packets will be stamped received. Applications received after 3:00 pm will receive a received date stamp of the next business day.
  • Please contact Tim Tryjankowski, Director Center for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, with any questions regarding the award application process. E-mail: tat@buffalo.edu, Phone: (716) 645-7778.
  • Note Well: For consideration of an award application, the project described MUST be advertised under Research Opportunities on the CURCA Web site. Research Mentors are to submit research opportunity postings online.

Application Forms

Application Submission

 

APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR SPRING 2010:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the semester. Applications are due in 17 Norton Hall by 3:00 PM on the dates listed below. Your review will be held within a week of these submission deadlines.

  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009 (Last Deadline for Fall 2009 Semester)
  • Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010
  • Tuesday, March 23, 2010
  • Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Please submit your completed application packet to:

  • CURCA - Undergraduate Research Awards
  • c/o Undergraduate Academies
  • 17 Norton Hall
  • University at Buffalo
  • North Campus
  • Buffalo, NY 14620