CUGR announces 2024-25 academic year fellowship recipients
The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 academic year fellowship awardees.
This year’s awards were supported by CUGR, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Maine EPSCoR office through a National Science Foundation award, the Experiential Programs Innovation Central (EPIC) program and the UMaine Space Initiative through a Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) award. CUGR received a record number of applications this year and were able to fund a record number of awards thanks to sponsors.
The CUGR Research and Creative Activities fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Each fellowship provides $3,000 per student for costs associated with the project.
The 2024-25 Academic Year MSGC Undergraduate Research Fellowship awards help provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, human exploration and space development, Earth science and other science- or engineering-related fields. The focus of proposed projects funded by the fellowships must be aligned with the research priorities of NASA’s Earth and space science strategic enterprises. Selected projects will be awarded up to $3,000 each.
The 2024-25 Academic Year NSF fellowship awardees will receive $3,000 for costs associated with the proposed project. NSF promotes the progress of science by investing in research to expand knowledge in science, engineering and education. Academic Year 2024-25 EPIC awardees will receive $3,000 for project-related expenses. EPIC is an interdisciplinary program at UMaine that aspires to provide integrated experiential learning through hands-on exposure to research practices, emerging technologies and innovative problem solving.
The full list of awardees is available on the CUGR website.
Students interested in learning how to write successful research proposals, and receive their responsible conduct of research training as well as DEI training, are highly encouraged to sign up for the INT 125 course this spring and participate in EPIC. For more information visit umaine.edu/epic