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Enhancing Research Mentoring Grants are made to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, staff and faculty who have completed or are in the process of completing the Research Mentoring Certificate to undertake projects that will support high-quality research mentoring in the mentor applicant’s discipline on our campus. Preference will be given to proposals with enduring and/or broad impacts on research mentoring, those involving collaboration with research mentees, and those promoting diversity and equity in research.

Awardees will give brief presentations of their projects at an upcoming research mentoring workshop or symposium.

The mentor applicant must be affiliated with the University of Utah and must have completed the Research Mentoring Certificate through the Office of Undergraduate Research (prior to Fall 2021) or Research Education (Fall 2021 and later).

Mentor Applicant Name

Mentor Applicant UNID

Mentor Applicant Preferred Email

Mentor Applicant Position(s) and Department(s) at the U of Utah

Semester and Year the Mentor Applicant Completed the Research Mentoring Certificate (or the Undergraduate Research Mentor Development Program).

If applicable, please list the names, UNIDs, emails, positions and departments of Mentor Co-Applicants. Please also indicate whether any co-applicants have also completed the Research Mentoring Certificate (or the Undergraduate Research Mentor Development Program).

Project title

Project summary (up to 500 characters or ~100 words) - may be shared publicly

Project proposal (up to 5000 characters or ~1000 words); must explicitly address all of the following:

The challenge addressed by the project
Project activities and timeline
Project outcomes/deliverables
Discussion of how the project will have enduring and/or broad impacts on research mentoring in the discipline on campus

Throughout the proposal, applicants should specifically address the ways the project will contribute to positive systemic change in research mentor preparation, equity and diversity in research, accountability, and the research mentee experience.

Itemized budget and justification (up to 2500 characters or ~500 words)

Budget maximum $5,000

Allowable expenses

Wages to compensate for labor associated with the project.
- 0-100% of the budget can be used to compensate non-applicant student mentees (via offset to current department payment structure).
- Up to 25% of the budget can be used to compensate mentor applicant and mentor co-applicant time via wages or development funds.
Travel and honoraria for invited speakers.
Catering and/or space rental for project-related meetings or events.
Funding for mentoring-related research projects.
Open access publication fees for research mentoring-related scholarship.
Other well-justified expenses on a case-by-case basis.