Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement | FUSE

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 Program Overview

 A standard FUSE award package includes:

• Up to $3,000 that can be used after the award start date (no pre-award spending will be approved).

• Allowable expenses include the following:

• project-related expenses (including travel needed to carry out research)

• student to travel to a conference to present

• travel for the faculty mentor to accompany the student to that conference

• funds can only be used to support the awarded student(s) listed in the FUSE application.

• Enrolled in IDST 400: Mentored Research Experience, a zero-credit course that recognizes your work as an official research grant. While it carries no tuition cost or credit hours, it provides the valuable benefit of appearing on your official transcript, serving as a formal academic record of your undergraduate research experience. 

• $500 awarded as a stipend to the student upon successful completion of the project; this is above and beyond the $3,000 grant allotment

An International FUSE award package includes:

• The standard FUSE award package as described above

• Up to $1,000 of supplemental funding awarded to the student to support international activities

What is expected of an awardee?  

(further details will be provided upon award)

• Students must present/participate during WKU’s annual Student Scholar Showcase
• In addition to Student Scholar Showcase, students are required to present their work (such as a poster, talk, performance, or exhibit) at a national or regional conference, or at another appropriate venue of similar standing. Virtual conferences do not meet this requirement. Also, on-campus events do not meet this requirement unless they are part of a national or regional event officially hosted by WKU. If you are unsure whether an event qualifies, please contact fuse@wku.edu  for prior approval.
• Faculty mentor should submit publication(s), with appropriate authorship, based on the work
• Students are encouraged to attend an Office of Scholar Development workshop and discuss external scholarship options
• Complete the final report in SPIRIT.

 

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