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TAMS Summer Research Application for 1st Year TAMS Students Entering Second Year of Study


February 4, (11:59 pm) submission deadline

*All TAMS students who wish to conduct on-campus summer research, with or without a TAMS summer research scholarship, must submit the general TAMS summer-research application by the February 4th, 11:59 pm deadline. Students who do not submit a TAMS summer-research application by that deadline will not be able to participate in on-campus summer research.

Application Overview

TAMS will award a limited number of Summer Research Scholarships to encourage participation, under the guidance of a faculty mentor, in varied research environments. To qualify, students must locate a professor who is willing to supervise either ongoing or new research this summer during the 10-week summer session (May 20-July 26).

Summer Researchers must complete a minimum of 35-40 total research hours per week. Those hours must include a minimum of 30 personal-contact hours per week with either the Principal Investigator (PI), a postdoc, or the PI's graduate students. Students must confirm with their PI that they will be on campus and sponsor 30 personal-contact hours per week. The remaining 5-10 hours a week will consist of library-based literature review or library-based remote research.

Summer Researchers will live on campus for the duration of the 10-week summer session. Those student awarded a Research Scholarship will receive $4,000, dispersed in two installments, to help cover the cost of the summer semester.

Factors of Deliberation

When applicants are assessed, a number of factors will be considered, including (1) the intensity and length of past research, (2) current outcomes—for example, co-authorship or manuscripts under submission or in preparation, and (3) TAMS disciplinary reports, along with other indicators of social maturity. Students who have been dismissed from a prior lab will be ineligible to apply for a TAMS Summer Research Scholarship.

Students who are looking forward to their first research experience should still apply, but with knowledge of items 1-3 in the preceding paragraph.

Finding a Research Mentor

Students who are not currently conducting research may wonder, “Where do I look?”

  • Students may consider approaching a professor with whom they have studied, and with whose research project they are familiar. Students can then see if that PI will take them on, in accord with the 30 hour/week personal-contact rule.
  • For broader UNT research opportunities, students should visit departmental web sites and explore the research interests of several faculty members. Then, during office hours, they can visit one or more of these professors to discuss the possibility of joining a research team.
  • Talk with TAMS seniors and other juniors who may have worked with a professor on research projects.

Ongoing summer applicants must approach their prospective summer research mentor before applying for ongoing summer research. Thus, when they complete the Summer Research application, students will be required to upload a copy of an email from their identified Summer Research mentor- who must be the Principal Investigator (PI) on the project. The email should certify that, if the student is accepted for the TAMS summer-research program, the student will be able to work in the lab of the PI, accruing at least 30 supervised hours of research a week (with either graduate students, postdocs, or the PI), in addition to 5-10 more hours of independent research for the 10-week summer session.

Please note that PI approval does not guarantee permission to conduct on-campus research this summer. All TAMS students must additionally have an approved TAMS summer-research application to complete on-campus summer research. Once students are accepted for summer research, their respective PIs will be sent an official mentor agreement to sign.

Program Requirements

Accepting a TAMS Summer Research placement requires full-time participation in the ten-week summer session (May 20 - July 26). UNT TAMS Summer Research participants will be registered by TAMS for a one semester-credit-hour, HNRS 2900 course. Summer Researchers must complete a minimum of 35-40 total research hours per week.

Those selected for Summer Research will be subject to additional rules and expectations outlined in the TAMS Summer Research contract/agreement. It is recommended that students review this contract carefully to ensure they are able to meet the requirements. A copy is provided here for REVIEW purpose only: TAMS Summer Research Agreement. Full contracts and instructions will be sent to students who receive placement in the TAMS Summer Research program at a later date.

Non-Scholarship Participation

Students who complete the TAMS summer research application and do not receive a summer-research scholarship may petition to be a non-scholarship summer research participant. Students who are designated as non-scholarship summer research participants will be responsible for covering the summer semester costs and must follow the requirements outlined in the summer research agreement.

Students who do not complete the TAMS summer-research application by the February 4, 11:59 deadline will not be able to petition for non-scholarship participation and may not conduct on-campus summer research.

Application Requirements
Students must complete the TAMS Summer Research application (below) and attach the following required documents:

  1. A copy of the student's unofficial UNT Transcript that includes Fall semester 2023 grades
  2. A brief resume (no more than 2 pages)
  3. An "image capture" or .pdf file of an email from the student's identified summer research mentor- who must be the Principal Investigator (PI) on the project. The email should certify that, if the student is accepted for the TAMS summer research program, the student will be able to work in their lab and accrue at least 30 supervised hours of research a week (with either graduate students, postdocs, or the PI) for the duration 10-week summer session, along with 5-10 independent hours of literature review and other assignments.

Apply Now Here! (opens January 12, 2024)

 

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