Summer Research

2026 TAMS Summer Research Application for 1st Year TAMS Students Entering Second Year of Study

February 13, (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 13^th, 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.

Program Overview

Successful TAMS Summer Research applicants will live on campus and conduct research under the guidance of UNT faculty mentor for the duration of the 10-week summer session. Summer research students will also engage in educational seminars and R&R interaction with other research students.

Applicants who are approved to conduct research on campus this summer may also receive a summer research scholarship. TAMS will award limited number of summer scholarships to a select number of approved applicants. Students who are awarded a Research Scholarship will receive $4,000, dispersed in two installments, to help cover the cost of the summer semester.

Program Requirements

Accepting a TAMS Summer Research placement requires full-time, on-campus participation in the ten-week summer session. 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 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.

Those selected for Summer Research will be subject to additional rules and expectations outlined in the TAMS Summer Research contract/agreement. Students should review this contract carefully to ensure they are able to meet the requirements. Full contracts and instructions will be sent to students who receive placement in the TAMS Summer Research program at a later date.

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. Applicants must have a Fall 2024 GPA of 3.2 or higher. Applicants must have a Fall 2024 GPA of 3.2 or higher.

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. The PI must agree that, if the student is accepted for the TAMS summer research program, that student will be able to work in the lab of the PI, accruing at least 30 in-person, supervised hours of research per week (with either graduate students, postdocs, or the PI).

Students accepted into the TAMS summer research program must work with the PI listed on their application. Barring extenuating circumstances, no PI changes will be permitted.

Mentor Agreement

As a part of the application, the student's prospective PI must fill out a mentor agreement form. Upon the student's application submission, the form will be automatically sent to the mentor via the PI email address entered in the application. The PI must return that form, and approve of the student's application, by the PI-deadline of February 20^th for the application to be considered.

Please note that PI approval does not guarantee permission to conduct on-campus research this summer. All TAMS students must have an approved TAMS summer-research application to complete on-campus summer research. 

Self-Funded Participation

Students who are approved for TAMS summer research and do not receive a summer-research scholarship may participate in the summer research program on a self-funded basis. Students who are designated as self-funded 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 13^th, 11:59pm deadline will not be eligible to participate on a self-funded basis and may not conduct on-campus summer research.

Application Requirements

Students must complete the TAMS Summer Research application (below) and attach a copy of the student's unofficial UNT Transcript that includes Fall 2025 grades by the February 13^th, 11:59pm student deadline.

The student’s prospective research mentor must submit the mentor-agreement form by the February 20^th, 11:59pm mentor deadline. 

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