Faculty: grants to support undergrad research
Are you a TU faculty member potentially interested in working during the summer with a small group of 1-3 students at the end of their freshman year at Towson?
The summer program “Towson Inquiry Grants for Undergraduate Research in Summer” (TIGURS) will provide rising sophomores with housing, meal allowance, and a stipend to engage in authentic research experiences during a five-week period, from June 15 through July 17, 2026. Each student, or a small team of students, will be mentored by a faculty member.
Part of the vision of the program is to help develop teams of undergraduate research assistants who will be able to work with faculty mentors for several years after the summer program.
The faculty mentors will be formally recognized as Provost’s URCI Fellows and will receive monetary compensation. Interested faculty members are invited to submit a paragraph-long description (link here), intended for students, of their research interests and possible projects. If you are interested, but have questions, please contact Dr. Seth Gitter or Dr. Alexei Kolesnikov at ourci@towson.edu.
The students will be selected by the URCI and will be matched with faculty mentors by mid-March 2026, where faculty will have the opportunity to interview and approve matches. At this point a firm commitment to participate will be made by faculty and students.
We would appreciate having faculty responses by Friday, December 5.
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This post was written by Walsh, Rebecca M.