Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

Thank you for your interest in a research-intensive course mini grant provided by the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships. Please complete this form to submit your application. We will follow up with you after the deadline once the selection committee has reviewed all applications. Please let us know if you have any questions: curf@ku.edu. Grants are intended to be applied in a class being taught during the upcoming semester (excluding summer).

Your first name:

Your last name:

Your email address:

Your department:

Provide information below about the course for which you are wanting to develop a larger research or creative component.

Which semester in the coming year do you anticipate launching the course or course changes for the first time?

Fall
Spring

Course number (i.e. BIOL 100):

Course name (i.e. Introduction to Biology):

Anticipated number of undergraduate students enrolled:

Provide a brief overall description of this course (~2-3 sentences):

Describe your initial plans for revising this course to either 1) include a larger research or creative component or 2) provide more scaffolding for student research skill development. These plans should be developed and specific enough so we can evaluate the overall impact that the mini-grant might have on student learning. We expect, however, that plans will evolve as you participate in workshops and share ideas with other grant recipients.

Fill out either section 10a OR 10b, depending on whether you are proposing to improve an existing project or create a new research/creative project for your class.

10a - Expanding or improving a current research/creative project: Describe how you have implemented the research/creative project that you would like to revise in the past. What has worked well about this assignment in the past, and what areas of student learning would you like to see improved? Provide some details about your plans for revision.

If available, please upload a copy of your current assignment:

10b - Creating a new research/creative project: Describe the proposed research/creative project that you would like to integrate into the course:

Describe how this project will challenge students beyond the normal research/creative requirements for students at their academic level or in your major:

List the learning outcome(s) that you hope to achieve by integrating this research/creative project into your class:

(Optional) Include any additional information that we should consider along with your application:

To help us design workshops that will be most helpful to participants, please provide answers to the questions below. These answers will not be considered as part of the evaluation of applications, only for our planning purposes.

Have you experimented with incorporating research into classes in the past?

No
Yes

If so, what have you learned about what worked and where students struggled?

How familiar are you with principles of teaching & learning, such as backwards design, writing learning outcomes, etc.?

Not familiar
Somewhat familiar; I know these terms, but don't always use them when I design a course.
Very familiar; I use these principles every time I plan a course.

List any particular topics or challenges you would be interested in discussing at a workshop if you were selected for this grant:

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