Fellowship Application

The Center for eResearch is now accepting applications for Fall 2008 eResearch fellowships. Fellowships are open to all full-time students who are currently doing research or planning to do research with a faculty mentor during the Fall 2008 term. Through a weekly interdisciplinary seminar series, faculty-student teams will interact with other researchers. Each team will make a presentation describing their research topic, hypothesis, conceptual and operational definitions, methods for data gathering and analysis, and anticipations for further research. Completion of the research during the term is not required. These seminars seek to foster interdisciplinary communication in an effort to broaden the perspective of these intellectual investigations.

Application Schedule and Instructions – Fall 2008

Dates and deadlines

Fellowship period: Fall semester 2008
Application submission deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008

  • Must be received before 5 pm
  • Faculty mentor letter must be received by the same deadline.
  • Notification date: Friday, April 25, 2008 – Via e-mail

Purpose

To support undergraduate and graduate student participation as part of a faculty-student eResearch team over one semester.

Qualifying projects

eResearch involves all research and creative activity that employ the internet and/or other electronic tools in a major way, regardless of discipline or subject. This semester’s sponsored projects are described in the seminars section of the Web site.

Eligibility

Any full-time undergraduate or graduate student from any of MU’s schools and colleges.

Stipend

Each fellowship carries a stipend of $1000, payable during the semester.

Requirements

All faculty-research teams will attend the weekly meetings of the Center for eResearch seminar and make one presentation to the group on their project. The presentation will be digitally captured and distributed via the CeR site.

Instructions

A complete application consists of the following items:

  • the cover sheet, completed as indicated [download cover sheet]
  • a one-page résumé or curriculum vitae for the student
  • an unofficial MU transcript
  • a brief account of the research to be undertaken by the faculty-research team (maximum of 500 words), divided evenly between description and justification. Must be written by the student, with faculty assistance.
  • a letter of support from the faculty mentor sent directly to the Center for eResearch by the faculty mentor [download instructions to give to mentor]

Send all materials to:

Center for eResearch
66 McReynolds Hall
Columbia, MO 65211

Questions?

Contact Prof. John M. Foley
882-9720
foleyj@missouri.edu