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Hutton Honors College

 —  Research Partnership Awards

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Unlike the HHC's long-established Research Grants which help support juniors and seniors pursuing specific research or scholarly activities, Research Partnership Grants are intended to encourage freshmen and sophomores to become involved in research or scholarly activities in disciplines that evoke their interest.

Freshmen and sophomores who apply for these awards must have 3.4 GPAs overall to qualify for consideration.

Activities considered appropriate for these awards include:

  • serving as a research assistant for a humanities professor
  • working in a science laboratory in some capacity
  • helping a social sciences professor collect data
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Ultimately, what an applicant does should be determined by conversations between the applicant and the professor for whom s/he will be working. Research Partnership Grant awardees should work approximately 6 to 10 hours weekly doing a semester. (Summer activities are flexible.) The goal of the program is to make freshmen and sophomore students aware of some important aspects of the research and/or scholarly activities professors pursue, and to help prepare students for more advanced research and scholarly activities as they pursue a major.

Deadlines
Fall: 5 p.m. on the first Friday in October
Spring: 5 p.m. on the first Friday in February
Summer: 5 p.m. on the Friday before Spring Break.

These awards are for freshmen and sophomore students. Awards will be for up to $1000. Normal classwork associated with research and/or scholarly activities does not qualify for this grant. A student may only receive this grant once. Awards will be made on a competitive basis. A student's record, the intended activities, and the recommendation of the mentor will help guide the grant committee's decisions.

Upon completion of the period for which a student has received this grant, s/he must write a short essay describing what s/he learned about the research and/or scholarly activities in the mentor's discipline.

To apply for a Research Partnership Grant, obtain an application here.

Please Note: All applicants must attach an unofficial IUB transcript to this application.

If you are packaged with need-based federal financial aid (for example, Stafford loans, Pell grants), and you receive one of the HHC's grants, awards, scholarships, or prizes, your award may not be paid-out in the form of cash funds (i.e., as money paid into your Bursar account), but instead, may be used by IU's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) to reduce your student loan burden.

Don't forget to read the general eligibility requirements.