McGregor Undergraduate Research Program

In 1998, Calvin University received a grant from the Detroit-based McGregor Fund to establish a program of student fellowships for summer research with faculty in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The resulting McGregor Fellowship program has funded collaborative student-faculty research since 1999. Although the original McGregor investment has been exhausted, the program operates with the generous support of private donors and continues to attract Calvin's "best and brightest" students and faculty to collaborative research projects.

Forms

Faculty Proposal Student Information and Application (including list of projects)

McGregor Program Process
Program Director Responsibilities
2020 McGregor Mentor Expectations and Responsibilities
Past McGregor Fellows and Faculty

Submission deadline: February 4, 2020

*All fields must be filled out completely.

Name (type first letters of your last name, or scroll down list)

Attach Curriculum Vitae (Attach as a .pdf or Word formatted document only.)

Project Title
With a student audience in mind, provide a brief title of your proposed project.

Project Summary
Provide a summary of your proposed project (up to 500 words).

Activities Expected of the Student
Highlight the full range of activities in which the student would be involved. Rank in order of the relative amount of time required for each task, 1 = most time, 5 = last amount of time anticipated.

Student Qualifications
List essential and desirable qualifications of a student who would successfully work on the project. Rank in order of importance, 1 = most important qualification, 5 = least important.

Project Outcome & Benefit
Describe the prospects or plans for publication or other public dissemination of project results, and the role of the student therein. Explain the broader value of the project (e.g., to the faculty member, the discipline, the university, or some other community).

Tentative Work Schedule
Provide a week-by-week tentative work plan. List in the text box below as Week 1, Week 2, etc. (for 8 weeks.)

Absences During Fellowship
Faculty members are expected to provide extensive mentoring for their students throughout the eight-week period of the McGregor Summer Research Fellowship. There is a mandatory break the week of June 29-July 3. The program runs June 1-July 31. Please list any time periods when you may be unavailable for an extended period of time.

Student Presentations
In what context will the student make a presentation of research results (e.g., departmental seminar or a professional conference)? Mentor must commit to being at student presentations during the week beginning July 27. Participation is a required component of McGregor mentors.

Additional Resources
Describe other complementary sources of research support that may be combined with McGregor funds to support the student stipend and related research costs.

E-signature
By checking this box, I certify that the information given in this application is true and complete without evasion or misrepresentation. I understand that willful omission, falsification, or incomplete statements within this application may jeopardize my potential for funding.

Submission deadline: March 3, 2020

NOTE: Students graduating in (or before) May 2020 are not eligible for the fellowship program.

Instructions:

You must meet with your prospective faculty mentor before you apply. This will give both parties some idea of how well your interests and abilities align with faculty expectations for the project.
You must be available to work 40 hours a week from June 1 to July 31. You must have access to your own transportation to campus, and be in Grand Rapids during the majority of the fellowship period. The week of June 29-July 3 will be a mandated midsummer break. You may not hold a second job without special permission from your faculty member and the McGregor director. Such permission is not typically granted.
You must attach a copy of your unofficial transcript later in this application. If you have not already prepared it, please do so before filling out the application. See Academic Services Transcript Request (bottom of the page) for instructions. Attach below as a .pdf document.
This online application currently DOES NOT allow you to save your application, whether partially or fully completed. You must complete the application below in its entirety before you submit.

Award Notification Target Date: March 20, 2020

Opportunities for 2020 summer undergraduate research projects are now available. The McGregor program will involve more projects than are indicated here, but THESE ARE THE PROJECTS that are accepting student applications.

McGregor Fellowship APPLICATION
You may apply for as many as three projects by submitting a single form:

First Name
Last Name
Calvin ID#
Current Transcript - Attach a copy here of your unofficial transcript (See Academic Services Transcript Request for instructions, .pdf document format preferred.)
Local contact information: Address line 1 Address line 2 City State Zip Phone # Complete local email address (include "@...")
Expected Graduation Date	(mm/yyyy)
Major 1 (required)
Major 2 (optional)
Minor 1 (optional)
Minor 2 (optional)
Overall GPA (You can find this on your AER, https://calvin.edu/students/)
GPA in Major
List plans you are considering for your first few years after graduating from Calvin. (i.e., grad school, PhD, professional school, teaching, volunteering, job related to academic major, research...)
Select your preferences from the research project opportunities listed at the top of this application form. You may select up to 3 projects. Each project is numbered. Project # Sponsoring faculty member’s name: Project # Sponsoring faculty member’s name: Project # Sponsoring faculty member’s name:
The following fields are limited to 2500 characters (not words) each - approx. 2 paragraphs.
Briefly describe your skills and experiences that are especially pertinent to the research projects above. These may include lab or field work, jobs/internships, instrument use, computational, or creative skills.
Briefly describe what interests you about the particular research projects you have chosen.
Describe how this research experience will advance your efforts to meet your career goals.
Will you be on campus and have transportation to campus during the entire fellowship period? Please detail any time periods between June 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020 that you plan to be out of town.
Please provide the name of a Calvin University faculty member (other than the faculty member with whom you are applying) who is willing to serve as a reference. This person may be contacted for information on your qualifications and research potential.
Before you sign and submit: Review/proof the above entered information. Make sure the fields that are limited to a maximum number of characters (not words) are not over the limit. If they are, you will receive an error message, "Sorry, the data for the field named "____________" is too long. If that happens, press the back arrow and shorten your entry. Make sure your transcript is still attached. Proceed to Submit button.
E-signature By checking this box, I certify that the information given in this application is true and complete without evasion or misrepresentation. I understand that willful omission, falsification, or incomplete statements within this application may jeopardize my potential for funding.