In recognition of the importance of undergraduate research and creative activity, Indiana University-Bloomington has established the Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity.
Sponsored jointly by the Provost, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, the Award recognizes not only outstanding achievement in research and creative activity, but the importance of such creative and research experiences for undergraduates.
Student Award
The student recipients of this award will receive a certificate and $500 and will be recognized at the Honors Convocation in the spring semester of each year.
Faculty Mentors
This award also recognizes that faculty who mentor undergraduates make a significant difference, encouraging and guiding students, as well as engaging them in this learning process and advocating for them. A good faculty mentor provides a role model for methods of inquiry and expression in a field of study and for the responsible conduct of research and creative activity. Good mentors often provide students with their first entry into professional circles and support the dissemination of the student’s work through participation in professional conferences, exhibitions, performances or publication.
Faculty mentors receive a commemorative pin, research funds for personal use in the amount of $500, and $500 in funding to support the future mentoring of undergraduates. Faculty mentors will also be recognized at the Honors Convocation.
Nominations
All undergraduate students and faculty are eligible.
Students are nominated to the dean of the relevant school by professors with whom they have worked and are then selected by the school for nomination to the Provost. Each school may nominate no more than two undergraduates in each category.
Eligible papers or projects may come from disciplines across the professions, social and applied sciences, arts, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics. The categories are conceived to be broad and flexible, and to embrace activity of diverse kinds. Nominations of students who have engaged in multidisciplinary
work are welcomed. In such cases, please indicate all relevant categories.
The broad categories are:
(1) Natural and Mathematical Sciences
(2) Social and Applied Sciences
(3) Professional Inquiry
(4) Performing and Creative Arts
(5) Humanities
Nominations must include:
1. a statement from the faculty mentor describing
his/her experience in mentoring the nominee and the positive impact of the
activity/mentoring on the student’s scholarship, creativity and development
a statement about the accomplishments of the nominee in the project for which
he/she has been nominated
relevant information about activity in involving and guiding undergraduate students
in research or creative projects
2. a reflective statement by the student about how the research or creative experience has enhanced their opportunities for learning AND a brief summary of the way in which the experience was enhanced by the mentor.
3. published or unpublished work by the student, or evidence of creative activity (CD or DVD containing jpeg, mpeg or video files), for which the student is being nominated. A campus‐wide committee then makes recommendations to the Provost. The committee will consist of:
The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
The Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Dean of the University Graduate School
Faculty representing each of the broad disciplinary categories.
The deadline for nominations to the deans, which should be sent to the contact person identified by your school, is Friday February 19, 2010.
Deans’ nominations should be forwarded to Sonya Stephens, VPUE (c/o Gail Londergan,
londer@indiana.edu ) by Monday March 1, 2010.
The Provost will announce winners on or before March 10, 2010.
The 2010 Honors Convocation will take place on April 11, 2010.
