GEARS Undergraduate Stipend

In order to facilitate ME undergraduate student interest in research and graduate school, GEARS would like to offer three $300 stipends to allow students to attend a technical/research conference.  These stipends are made possible through the Engineering Excellence Fund.

Eligibility

• Student should be an undergraduate in mechanical engineering  at CU-Boulder (this does not include BS/MS students)
• No previous research experience is required
• The conference must be technical and research based
• Students who have previously received the GEARS undergraduate stipend are not eligible

 

Instructions

Interested students should submit an application to the 2006 GEARS committee c/o Morgan Meadows by Wednesday, February 24, 2006.  This application should include:

1. Cover sheet with student name and contact information, as well as CU engineering professor name and contact information
2. Budget sheet with information for travel, hotel and registration costs to attend any research conference of your choice
3. An essay describing your interest in the conference (single space, 12pt, max 500 words)
4. A short recommendation from a CU engineering professor (max 250 words)

 Note:  Items 1-3 should include the applicant’s middle initial and last four digits of their student ID number or social security number (i.e. W-5894) in the top right corner.  Items 2&3 should NOT have the applicant’s name anywhere.  This is to preserve impartiality by the selection committee who as teaching assistants have become familiar with many of the undergraduate students in the department.  Any application not following these guidelines will not be evaluated.

 Applications will be evaluated by the GEARS committee according to the depth of interest described in the essay and the recommendation from a professor.  Students will be notified that they have received the award, and where to pick up their check by Friday, March 10, 2006.  Award recipients must use the money in the $300 check and submit a (1 page) conference report to GEARS c/o Professor Oleg Vasilyev before January 1, 2007.

Please feel free to contact Morgan Meadows,                                                   Morgan.Meadows@colorado.edu, with any questions about the undergraduate stipend.  We look forward to reviewing your application.

The application can be downloaded here.