Georgia Tech REU

Other Funding Sources
Other sources of funding for GT REUs in mathematics have broader eligibility conditions. They come in two sources, one is work--study money, and the other comes from funds from the College of Science.

Work-Study Funds
The Federal Work study program will pay 75% of any students salary that is work/study eligible up to a maximum of about $1200/semester The guidelines for setting up students under this program is at GT's Financial Aid Office: To apply for these funds, follow these steps.

1. The faculty member/school must write a short description of the job and post it on www.monstertrax.com under GT listings. Most departments already have work/study students doing clerical work and have a listing at www.monstertrax.com for "Student Assistant". These are usually general enough so that the financial people involved can just "activate" the job listing and use the number associated with the job to get the student on the payroll. They should also know how to check the correct boxes in the student's PSF so that GT payroll will automatically route 75% out of Financial Aid. See the current listings for these jobs.

2. The pay scale is up to the faculty member or school. The going rates at GT and around the country are $7-$8/hour for student doing skilled undergraduate research. GT-federal work/study has a tutorial program through CEISMC that send students out to local schools for tutoring and is paying $10/hr for that work.

College of Science Research Funds
President's Undergraduate Research Awards The College of Sciences (COS) is competitively funding requests by students/faculty for funds to be used in undergraduate research. These research awards will be in the form of scholarships for summer research for sophomore and junior COS students. COS majors who have greater than 45 hours but less than 90 hours and have arranged to undertake research with a College of Sciences faculty member are encouraged to apply.

The student will work at least 18 hours/week and register for 6 hours of Special Problems in a COS school. The College expects to award up to 20 scholarships of $1500 for the summer semester of 2002.

The application consists of a completed coversheet and research proposal (3 page maximum). The research proposal should be written by the student in consultation with the faculty member and should state the objectives of the project and a brief description of the research procedures to be used. The deadline for application (three copies) is 5 pm Friday, April 5, 2002. Contact Dr. Kent Barefield, Associate Dean, kent.barefield@cos.gatech.edu, for more information.