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The Offices of Undergraduate Research and Global Education are pleased to partner on a new funding program designed to help faculty who work with undergraduate researchers. This project is part of KSU’s "Year Of" Annual Country Study. For the 2024-2025 academic year, the "Year Of" country is Canada, eh. 

Faculty could apply for up to $1,000 in funding to support a collaborative research project involving undergraduate researchers and a Canadian partner. The deadline was January 31. The application portal is closed. 

Congratulations to the following faculty who were selected to receive funding:

  • Dr. Soon Goo Lee, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Chalcone isomerase-like Proteins in (Iso)flavonoid Biosynthesis
  • Dr. Shadi Beshai, Associate Professor of Psychology
    • The Associations Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Fatalism: Implications for Mindfulness-Based Interventions
    • Mindfulness Across Cultures: Dispositional Mindfulness and Individualism‐Collectivism

Please check back this summer to submit your application for undergraduate research funds through KSU's "Year of the United Kingdom."

    • This must be a collaborative effort with a Canadian partner (for example, a partner at a Canadian higher education institution or a company/nonprofit in Canada).
    • Faculty must work with one or more undergraduate researchers on the project.
    • Funds must be utilized by April 15, 2025.

  • Funds can be used in the following ways: 

    • Supplies or materials to conduct research (for example, software, materials for the arts, scientific supplies, books/journals that cannot be provided by the library, etc.)
    • Travel and/or registration costs for students presenting at a conference** (note that we cannot fund students to attend conferences or workshops where they are not listed as a presenter). International travel needs to be approved by the Office of International Safety and Security before an URCA proposal can be reviewed. Please email globalsafety@kennesaw.edu for more information
    • Travel costs to collect data
    • Participant incentives (for example, gift cards for individuals who participate in a survey or experiment)
    • Publication costs
    • The application portal closed on January 31, 2024. Check back this summer for the portal to reopen.