Student research opportunities

Award recipients will enroll in DAS 400, Undergraduate Research in Arts and Sciences, for zero to three credit hours. A typical research project will include at least 100 hours working on the project. This works out to be approximately ten hours of research per week for fifteen weeks in the summer, or six to eight hours of research per week for fifteen weeks in the spring or fall. These projects will be direct hands-on research, scholarly or discovery experiences — not lab support or readings. Students selected for the internships will be required to submit a final report.

Research awards can be renewed once; however, preference will be given in the review process to proposals from students who have not previously had awards. Preference also will be given to students who will not receive concurrent funding for the same project from other sources such as Developing Scholars, Johnson Cancer Center, K-INBRE, OURCI, or McNair Scholars. Students are encouraged to seek funding from such sources to continue projects initiated under the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholars program.

If selected for the scholarship, you will be required to submit a report. This is in the form of an Abstract (required) suitable for public release, including posting on the web. The abstract should be one or two paragraphs in length, accessible to an educated layperson, such as a member of congress. The abstract should describe the topic of your investigation, and the reason this research or scholarly activity is important. It should include a description of the specific question you are trying to address, your approach, and what you discovered or learned from the project (or progress you made toward that goal). You must ask your advisor to review your abstract, and make sure it is suitable for posting on a web page. You may also include one or two figures (optional) with captions that could also be posted to the web.

The abstract must be submitted as a PDF file to artsciugo@ksu.edu, in the format demonstrated below:

Abstract Template (pdf)

Abstracts are due approximately one week after the end of the semester in which the student receives the award.

Abstract Due Dates

Spring Award: May 20
Summer Award: August 15
Fall Award: December 20

• Kristin Chaney, Social Work, mentored by Sim Jun, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
• Cathryn Haas, Microbiology/Biology, mentored by Lorena Passarelli, Biology
• Abigail Kamke, Microbiology, mentored by Sonny Lee, Biology
• Thailyea Lopez, English, mentored by Mary Kohn, English, and Alisa Garni, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
• Citlally Orozco, Political Science and American Ethnic studies, mentored by Mary Kohn, English, and Alisa Garni, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
• Emily Petermann, Anthropology and History, mentored by Benjamin McCloskey, Modern Languages
• Cody Skahan, Anthropology, mentored by Jessica Falcone, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
• Grace Walker, Social Work, mentored by Julie Pentz, Music, Theatre, and Dance