McGregor Undergraduate Research Program

In 1998, Calvin College 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 Application

McGregor Program Process
Program Director Responsibilities
2017 McGregor Mentor Expectations and Responsibilities
Past McGregor Fellows and Faculty

Submission deadline: January 31, 2017

*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 college, 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 July 3-7. The program runs May 29-July 28. 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 24. 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: February 28, 2017

NOTE: Students graduating in (or before) May 2017 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 May 29 to July 28. 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 July 3-7 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 17, 2017

Opportunities for 2017 summer undergraduate research projects are listed below. The McGregor program will involve more projects than are indicated here, but these are the ones that are still accepting student applications. Click on any of the links for the project details.

Project #	Faculty Name, Dept.	Project Title & Details
1	Alford, Social Work	Water and health: Contextualizing and Evaluating Water Filter Distribution in Liberia (Phase 1)
2	Berglund, History	History of World Ice Hockey
3	Bouman, Service Learning	Measuring the Long-Term Effects of Service-Learning on Calvin College Alumni
4	Du Mez, History	Religious and Political Polarization in America: A History in 2 (or 3) Parts
5	Mulder, Sociology	The Perfection of Religious Innovation: Robert Schuller and the Crystal Cathedral Ministries
6	Sjoerdsma, Education	Preparing Curriculum for a new Christian School in Liberia, West Africa
7	Smartt, Communications	Editing and Story Development for Feature Documentary
8	Westra, Political Science	Shaping International Security Order: Global Security Governance in a Changing World
9	Williams, Sociology	Visual Sociology on an Urban Farm

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

First Name
Last Name
Calvin ID#
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, http://www.calvin.edu/academic/services/kv/students.html) GPA in Major Current Transcript - Attach a copy here of your unofficial transcript (See Academic Services Transcript Request for instructions, .pdf document format preferred.)
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 May 29, 2017 and July 28, 2017 that you plan to be out of town.
Please provide the name of a Calvin College 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.

2017 McGregor Summer Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Jamison Koeman	Kristen Alford, Social Work	Water and Health: Contextualizing and Evaluating Water Filter Distribution in Liberia (Phase 1)
Isabelle Selles	Jeffrey Bouman, Service Learning	Measuring the Long-Term Effects of Service-Learning on Calvin College Alumni
Kelly Looman, Joshua Parks and Kathryn Post	Kristin Du Mez, History	Religious and Political Polarization in America: A History in 2 (or 3) Parts
Hannah Butler	Kristine Johnson, English	Assessing Second Language Writers and Writing
Erica Buursma	Mark Mulder, Sociology	The Perfection of Religious Innovation: Robert Schuller and the Crystal Cathedral Ministries
Janneke Cole	Ron Sjoerdsma, Education	Preparing Curriculum for a new Christian School in Liberia, West Africa
Joel Riddering	Sam Smartt, Communication Arts and Sciences	Editing and Story Development for Feature Documentary
Kaitlyn Eekhoff	Kevin Timpe, Philosophy	Well-being, Agency, and Disability
Matthew Seafield	Joel Westra, Political Science	Shaping International Security Order: Global Security Governance in a Changing World
James Owens and Marissa Smits	Roman Williams, Sociology	Visual Sociology on an Urban Farm