The purpose of the research scholarship is to facilitate the research and scholarship of Bellin College’s students, when funds are available for this initiative.
Eligibility: The Principal Investigator for the research project must be a current Bellin College student at the time of the application deadline, enrolled in any program, and in good standing.
Criteria: The topic area of the project must be a research/Quality Improvement (QI) project that is a requirement of a Bellin College course; final projects that are required for degree completion will take precedence.
Applicants must submit a Word document including the following for each proposed research project:
- Name, phone number, address and enrolled Bellin College program or outside entity for each investigator.
- Scholarship funding amount requested.
- Summary of the project that includes a background and methods section (500-1000 words).
- Detailed budget for the project.
- Project start and end dates.
- Faculty approval signature.
Applicants who are awarded a scholarship must adhere to the following requirements for utilization:
- Acknowledgement of Support: All print, video, website and audio materials related to the scholarship project or program (publications, conference presentations or patents filed) must identify and credit Bellin College for its support indicating “This research/QI project has been funded (or funded in part) by a scholarship from the “Bellin College Student Research Scholarship.”
- Expenditures: Scholarship must be used to fund only direct project costs. They cannot be used to fund overhead, tuition, indirect expenses, or dissemination costs. Examples of direct project costs to be funded include: Software, equipment, statistics assistance, transcription services, participant remuneration, travel expenses for data collection, facility rental fees, etc.
- Adherence to Budget: Expenditures of scholarship funds during the scholarship period must adhere to the specific categories and items in the approved scholarship budget.
- Closure Report: Upon conclusion of the project, no later than 1 year after approval, a closure report detailing the outcome of the project and dissemination method should be submitted to the office of Advancement.