Courtwright Award for UGDL Research Excellence

“This fund shall be used to provide supplementary financial support for students who have declared a major in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and have received an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA) at the University of Kansas. Financial support shall be disbursed to students with the highest-ranking UGRA applications and research reports, without regard to other factors which may include, but are not limited to, financial need. The highest-ranking UGRA applications and research reports will be considered, with final awardees determined in an equitable manner by committee members and recognized annually. In selecting nominees and recipients, the donors asks the committee to consider the attached addendum. See fund file for addendum.
If fewer applications and research reports are judged sufficiently meritorious than the amount of financial support available to be disbursed in any given award cycle, only those judged by the committee to be adequate shall be disbursed; any unused award funds shall be reinvested into the principal of the fund. Amounts of the disbursements and the recipients thereof shall be determined by an appropriate committee appointed by the director of the Center for Undergraduate Research or its successor (”"Center"") with the approval of KU Endowment. Recipients will be reported to the donor annually by KU Endowment."

Award
$500
Deadline
11/20/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. First and last name
  2. What is the title of your URGA project?
  3. Provide a 3-4 paragraph update on how your research/creative project has been going this semester, being sure to include what you have accomplished: Note: it is normal and expected that many projects change from the time the proposal was written. If your project has changed from what you originally proposed, that is completely fine; just give us an update on how it has changed and what you have done this semester.
  4. Provide 3-4 sentences (per question) that address what you have learned about disciplinary context. How does your project stand to contribute to the larger scholarly conversation on your topic? How has your understanding of the contribution of your project changed since you wrote your UGRA proposal?
  5. Provide 3-4 sentences (per question/prompt) that address what you have learned about methods. How has your understanding of the methods of your discipline changed since you wrote your UGRA proposal? Name specific examples from your research this semester that have pushed you to understand more about how scholars produce knowledge in your discipline.
  6. Provide 3-4 sentences that address what you have learned about your skill development. How have you grown as a researcher or artist over the course of this semester?
  7. Describe your plans to present or share the results of your project (such as on- or off-campus conference presentations, exhibitions, publications, etc.):
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