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2020

Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program

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• About
• Components & Timing
• Eligibility
• Benefits
• Application
• Committee Review
• FAQs
• Key Dates
• Questions

OUTLINE

VUSRP provides Vanderbilt undergraduate students with the

• pportunity to

engage in 10 weeks

• f full-time research

with any full-time faculty member.

Cannot enroll in summer session courses Ten en w wee eeks of full- time research (Monday, June 1- Friday, August 7, 2020) with a Vanderbilt faculty sponsor

Components & Timing

Present work at a roundtable discussion during the summer AND ND at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair in the fall or in the spring of the 20-21 academic year

Must be able to engage in ten weeks of full-time research during the summer with a faculty sponsor Enrolled in a Vanderbilt undergraduate degree program at the time of application

Eligibility

Rising juniors and seniors

Applications from rising sophomores are also considered

Full consideration for those with at least a 3.2 GPA

• Faculty mentor
• Research experience
• Presentation experience
• Community of VUSRP Fellows
• $5000 stipend
• Limited number of $6000 Littlejohn or Goldberg Fellows

awards

Benefits

Must be endorsed by the faculty research sponsor. A single faculty member may sponsor up to two applications Submitted through the InfoReady Review Portal by 12:00 p.m. CST on 01/30/2020

Application Details

Write for a general audience as committee members will represent a variety

• f disciplines

Committee Review

• Extent to which the proposed work will enha

nhanc nce j joint stude udent-fac aculty re y resear arch

• Degree to which the research s

h setting ing and nd work pl plan n mee eet t the e studen ent’s s stated ed g goals

• The role that participation in VUSRP

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acade demic ic w work a and nd resea earch

Further Guidance

• Open to all po

potential a appl pplicants

• Goals are to de

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• Hear from pa

past a award recipie ipients about their application writing process

• Review s

suc uccessful a appl pplicatio ions from last year

• Get a jum

ump start o

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n br brains instorming ing your own topic

• Plan to attend the pe

peer r review w workshop i p in n Janua nuary before the submission deadline

• May a School of Medicine faculty member be a

VUSRP faculty sponsor?

• How do I find a faculty sponsor?
• May I enroll in summer school if I am in VUSRP?
• May I propose to continue to do research that I am

already working on with my sponsor?

• Am I restricted to research within my major/area of

study?

• Is VUSRP only for natural, basic, and life sciences

research?

Common FAQs

Application Deadline

• Complete applications must be

submitted through the InfoReady Portal by 12:00 p.m. CST on January 30, 2020

• InfoReady Application and Proposal
• Signed VUSRP Faculty Sponsor Information

& Acknowledgement form

• Official transcript

https://vande derbil bilt.infoready4.c .com/

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• tif

ific ication ions: in early April Applic lication ions D Due: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 12 p.m. CST

Key Dates & Resources

Resources es: vanderbilt.edu/immersion/vusrp https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/ immersion@Vanderbilt.edu

QUESTIONS

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