The DUOS program aims to heighten the synergy between graduate and undergraduate research at Miami University. The graduate and undergraduate students will work together on a research project under the
supervision of a faculty member in a Ph.D. granting department. Either graduates or undergraduates may initiate the application, but the undergraduate student is to have primary authorship of the project. Any Miami undergraduate student and any post-master’s doctoral student in good standing who agree to abide by program requirements are eligible to apply.Application Deadline 5:00 p.m. October 18, 2010. Submit one (1) signed original of your proposal along with the signed application form to: Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (OARS) 102 Roudebush Hall. Contact OARS 529-3600 for printed program guidelines and application form.
- a focus on undergraduates learning the processes of research and scholarship under supervision of graduate student mentors
- a project/travel allowance of $400, each, for the graduate and undergraduate partners
- an additional project/travel allowance of $100 for each partner, contingent upon their participation in training offered by the program for their roles as mentor and mentee in a research partnership
- undergraduate student may earn independent study credit, if appropriate.
Eligibility:
The program is open to all Miami University full-time post-masters’ doctoral students. If the graduate student’s program does not offer a master’s, students must be in at least their second year of graduate study. Preference will be given to graduate students who can document prior research collaboration with a faculty member. Each graduate/ undergraduate pair should make application as described below. A single graduate student can be listed as a prospective mentor on up to two applications only. In addition, the graduate student’s faculty advisor must be willing to oversee the project as described in these guidelines.To participate, a graduate student must be willing and able to provide appropriate supervision and mentorship of the undergraduate with whom she or he has elected to be paired. the graduate student’s faculty advisor must be willing to oversee the project as described below.Application to the program is open to any Miami University undergraduate student who holds a minimum 2.75 GPA and is otherwise in good standing (not on probation, etc.) and who is willing to collaborate with the graduate student to complete the project and communicate the results of that work to the scholarly community.
Further Details:http://www.units.muohio.edu/oars/undergrad_research/duos/DUOS-Guidelines.pdf
For Further Reading,
- USA:Marie Tharp Fellowship at Columbia University
- Global Supplementary Grant Program 2011,USA
- USA:Desert Schools Community Service Scholarship 2012
- Woodmen of the World Assured Life Association-2012 National Scholarship Program, USA
- USA:Dale Schroeder Charitable Trust Scholarship Program
- USA:Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) scholarship 2011
- USA:Doctoral Undergraduate Opportunities Scholarship At Miami University
- 15 PhD Grants 2011/12 to Foreign Students at The University of Padova,Italy
- Canada:Canadian Window on International Development Awards
- USA:Harvard University Grants for Asian Language Study
- Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)-Vietnam Scholarship Program
- ICCS Best Doctoral Thesis in Canadian Studies
- United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Fellowships for Developing Countries
- Scholarships 2012 for Undergraduate International Students at Colby-Sawyer College,USA
- Worldwide KODAK Scholarship Program 2011
