Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program - Awardee Information

Student Expectations

Participants are expected to complete a draft of a paper (either single authored by the student or co-authored with their faculty mentor) by the end of the summer. This paper should be submitted for presentation at a professional conference and/or for publication sometime during the following academic year.

As part of the program’s requirements, each student participant will automatically be enrolled in two independent study courses (596 courses), one during session A and one during session C for a total of eight units. The Graduate Division will cover most of the fees associated with these courses, but students are expected to pay for the $62.00 campus usage fee.

Student participants will be encouraged to attend occasional meetings for professional development and to provide general feedback on the program.

Students will be asked to evaluate the program and their research experience at the end of the program. This evaluation is a program requirement.

Please note, all participants must complete the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training Program. It is University policy that each student dealing with human subjects through personal contact or communication media, as in the case of interviews conducted via satellite, be so certified in order to be in compliance with University and governmental regulations applicable to human research subjects. Completion of this online course is required in order to be eligible to receive the $500 conference travel reimbursement later in the academic year. Please submit a copy of your certification with your request for reimbursement.

Faculty Mentor Expectations

It is expected that the faculty mentor will be in the same locale as the student during the summer and committed to working closely with the student.

Faculty mentors are expected to assist student participants with research which may facilitate the timely development of a doctoral dissertation proposal. As part of the program’s requirements, each student participant will automatically be enrolled in two independent study courses (596 courses), one during session A and one during session C for a total of eight units. Faculty mentors are expected to assign their mentees either a "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory" rating for each session.

Mentors will be asked to provide general feedback on the program.

Faculty mentors will be asked to submit an online program evaluation to the Graduate Division at the end of the program.

Procedures to Apply for the Conference Travel Allowance

The Graduate Division will reimburse travel expenses up to $500 should your paper be accepted for presentation at an appropriate academic conference in the 2011-2012 academic year (i.e., Fall 2011 through Spring 2012). Please note that this is on a reimbursable basis and will be paid as a stipend to your BAR account.

In order to receive the conference travel reimbursement, GSRM awardees must submit the following to the Outreach, Diversity & Fellowships office in 1252 Murphy Hall:

1. Graduate Research Mentorship Recipient Conference Travel Form (iPDF-182KB).
   Please note that your faculty mentor must also sign and date this form.
    
2. Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training Program Completion Report for the Human Research Protection Program Certification course. This course is available online.
   Regardless of project content or discipline, all GSRM awardees must complete the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training Program to qualify for the conference travel reimbursement. Please select the Social & Behavioral Researchers and Staff Required Modules. The optional modules in this program will not yield a completion report.
    
3. Graduate Division General Conditions for Travel form (PDF-91KB)
   Please review, sign and date this form.