Project Funding Opportunities

There are a variety of PEAK Award options:

• Campfire Chat: Lunch with a faculty member
• Base Camp: Working with a faculty member to get familiar with research/creative practices
• Ascent: Projects for advanced beginners seeking to broaden and deepen their competencies working closely with a mentor
• Bridge-Builder: Project utilizing ethical research practices to engage with a critical community project with a partner organization
• Summit: Sophisticated projects by applicants already competent to proficient in their research/creative skills
• Trail-Blazer: Sophisticated, independent, mentored, research or creative endeavor
• Shout-It-Out: For those presenting their original research and creative endeavors at conferences

For more information and to apply, please visit the PEAK Awards webpage.

The Honors Propel Grant is open to all University Honors students who are in good academic standing. Grants are meant to fund creative and/or experiential projects. If you are looking for funding for lab or archival research, please consider applying for a PEAK award.

Awards are limited to $1,000 per student/grant. Multiple Honors students working together on the same project can apply for funding up to a maximum of $3,000 for a project involving five or more Honors students.

Honors Propel Grant applications must include the following:

• Clearly defined learning objectives and experiences. If the application is for a group, learning objectives and experiences must be defined for each student.
• The name of a Faculty mentor who has agreed to meet regularly to ensure project success. Honors can assist you to identify a faculty mentor if needed.

Upon the conclusion of the funded project, the grantee(s) is required to make a 45 minute presentation to Honors faculty, their mentor and others about their project, experience and learning outcomes and field questions.