For current participants

General guidelines

• Your grant is awarded for full-time research during a leave term. You are not eligible for this grant if you are enrolled in classes at Dartmouth or elsewhere.
• You are expected to engage in the research full time throughout the 10 week term.
• The grant award is to engage in the research specified in your application. If there are changes to the project or timeline, contact Undergraduate Research immediately.

Funding

• The first payment will be issued when you confirm acceptance of the grant.
• A portion of the grant is withheld until the end of the term, pending submission of the confirmation form and successful completion of the grant terms. 
• Students who do not submit the end of term confirmation form or who do not fulfill the requirements of the grant will be required to return the funding.

Students are required to submit an end of term form by the last day of exams. The form includes the following:

• Confirmation that you fulfilled the requirements of the grant
• Research summary (100-250 words for each of the following)
  • Summary of the project, progress and conclusions
  • What you gained from engaging in the research (e.g. interaction with your faculty mentor, insights into a field of study, contribution to your academic and/or career goals)
  • How the grant funding helped you accomplish the research
• Evaluation of the research experience

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

• Students who were awarded funding from the Mellam Family Foundation are required to present a poster at the Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium in May. See the instructions for designing and printing a poster. Students will then email the PDF of their poster to Undergraduate Research, and the PDF will be shared with the Mellam Family Foundation.